Howard Duff credited as playing...
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed
- [Frank claims he shot Alvarado in self-defense]
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: Rustler?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Suspicion of. Tried to kill me with this.
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: What happened then?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Guess.
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: Tried to dry gulch ya?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Nope. Face to face showdown.
- Marshal Wayne Forrester: He jumped you first?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Mm-hmm.
- Marshal Wayne Forrester: [dubious] Self-defense, huh?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Yessir! Self defense.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: You don't believe me, is that it? Is that why you sent Bill out?
- Marshal Wayne Forrester: When a man is killed in this district, it's my job to investigate - even when the killer happens to be one of my deputies.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: I don't like that word 'killer'!
- Marshal Wayne Forrester: It's not a pleasant word, but when one man kills another, that is the term.
- Van Horn: The boss of the T-Lazy-W wants to palaver with ya.
- Messendyke: Mr. Thorton Wills - at the main ranch house.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: I don't know him. Never had any business with him.
- Van Horn: You have now, Johnny Law.
- Messendyke: Trot, don't mosey.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: You want to file a complaint?
- Thornton W. Wills: With you personally, not your office.
- Thornton W. Wills: No, I ain't accusin' you of a thing. If you feel guilty, edgy, that's your lookout. You might just know who took it, you might be able to just find it. I want it back. I aim to get it back if it costs ten times as much.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: I don't know anything about it.
- Thornton W. Wills: If that's the way you want it. You've had a fair shake.
- [startled, Frank reaches for his gun]
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: Howdy, Frank.
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Oh. Howdy, Bill.
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: Kinda edgy aren't you?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Well, I-I thought you were Nachez. I had him, but he got away.
- Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry: Uh-huh. You sent his horse home. Does that mean he won't need it anymore?
- Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed: Hide me out. Cover for me!
- Indian Agent Hiram Charleton: That doesn't come within my duties and perogatives as Indian agent.