The Gun and the Pulpit (1974 TV Movie)

Marjoe Gortner: Ernie Parsons

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Head of Posse : Ernie Parsons, having been found guilty by a jury of your peers...

  Ernie Parsons : I didn't see any jury.

  Head of Posse : Well, they was around. Anyway, what difference does it make. You gunned down Windy Jones and he was one of our most beloved and respected citizens.

  Ernie Parsons : I heard he was the town drunk.

  Head of Posse : Well, now that he's dead, he's one of our town's most beloved and respected citizens.