Charles Middleton credited as playing...
Vallon
- Steve: You wouldn't call a man a white man that had Negro blood in him, would you?
- The Sheriff: No, I wouldn't; not in Mississippi. One drop of Negro blood makes you a Negro in these parts!
- Pete: [showing Julie's picture to the Sheriff] See that?
- The Sheriff: Why that's Miss Julie LaVerne, ain't it?
- Pete: Yeah, that's what she calls herself, ever since she got married to a white man!
- The Sheriff: What d'ya mean?
- Pete: Frank, come over here; I want you to hear this. You too, Ellie.
- The Sheriff: Sit down and explain yourself. And you make sure you know what you're talkin' about.
- Parthy: He's a murderer!
- Magnolia: Mama!
- Parthy: You're letting my daughter marry a murderer!
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Who's the murderer?
- Parthy: That Ravenal! He killed a man.
- Magnolia: Gay!
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Then why ain't he in jail or hanged?
- The Sheriff: The jury figured the gentleman he killed oughta went anyhow.
- Parthy: Andy Hawks, are you going to stand there and let your only child marry a murderer?
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Oh don't be so narrow minded, Mrs. Hawks. I killed a man myself once.
- Parthy: You killed?
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Yes, me. Now, are you comin' with us, or ain't you? They're going to be married.
- Parthy: Married to a murderer! Oh!
- [she faints]
- Ellie May Chipley: She's fainted.
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Are you sure?
- The Sheriff: She's out.
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: Good! Now we'll go on with the wedding.
- The Sheriff: Captain, I have an unpleasant duty. I understand that you have a miscegenation case on board.
- Magnolia: [to Parthy] What's it mean, Mom?
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: How's that?
- The Sheriff: A case of a Negro woman married to a white man. A criminal offense in this state.
- Cap'n Andy Hawks: No. No such thing onboard this boat.
- The Sheriff: The name of the white man is Steve Baker. The name of the negress - the name of the Negress is Julie Dozier. Which ones them?
- The Sheriff: Now on, it's your business and not mine. And I warn ya, if these folks around here ever get wind that you've got Negroes acting as whites, they'll ride you outta town on something that won't set so easy as a boat!
- The Sheriff: Julie Dozier. My information says you were born in Mississippi. Your Pop was white. Your Mammy black. Is that right?