Ray Bolger credited as playing...
Chris Maule
- Alma: Chris, what's wrong?
- Chris Maule: Marty Peters was just here.
- Alma: Marty Peters? The man who shot the last blacksmith?
- Chris Maule: He... he... he did what?
- [Chris has just been made the new blacksmith]
- Alma: Well, it's all based on circumstantial evidence. No one actually saw the bullet leave the gun.
- [Chris faints dead away]
- Alma: If you're going to shoe that horse, you'd better get started.
- Chris Maule: Alma, I've a confession. I'm afraid of horses.
- Alma: Oh, that's all in your mind. Say to yourself, "I'm brave."
- Chris Maule: I'm brave.
- Alma: "I'm determined!"
- Chris Maule: I'm determined.
- Alma: "I'm fearless!"
- Chris Maule: I'm fearless. I'm a liar.
- Marty Peters: Horse is like my own brother.
- Chris Maule: There is a resemblance. That is, I mean to say, you can trust me, sir. I'll shoe him like he was my own brother.
- Alma: Show the horse you're not afraid of him.
- Chris Maule: [addressing the horse] Would you please sit down and give me your foot?
- Alma: That's not the way, silly. See?
- [picks up the horse's hoof]
- Alma: It's very simple. All you have to do is take the pincers and *pry* all the nails from the foot. Then you take a rasp and *file* the foot down. Errrrrrr. Then you take a hot shoe, red-hot, and *burn* his foot to a level. Then he's ready for shoeing. Place it on his foot and *drive* six long nails into it. Bong. Bong. Bong. Bong. Bong. Bong.
- [Chris faints]
- Alma: I suppose I'll have to do it.