The Broken Star (1956)
Addison Richards: Marshal Wayne Forrester
Quotes
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[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.
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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.
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Marshal Wayne Forrester : I've seen gunplay all my life, Frank. I came west out of St. Joe on a wagon train in '51; I was just a kid. I knew Bridger and Hickok and Bat Masterson, Shotgun Thompson and a lot of others. It was coyote and Kiowa in those days. It was rough and tough and a man had to be the same to last. But the cattlemen have got to learn that they can't go cuttin' farmers' fences and the settlers have got to learn that they can't bushwhack a line rider without answerin' to the law! The hogleg is on its way out, the law's comin' in; this thing will end up in a museum.
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Marshal Wayne Forrester : Well, you look fit to be tied, Bill.
Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : You know those two burglars are out on bail and you know who went to the judge and paid it? That Indian agent!
Marshal Wayne Forrester : Wellll, Mr. Charleton's feedin' off his range.
Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : I'm a little mixed up, Mr. Forrester. What's brewing?
Marshal Wayne Forrester : Eh, it's too soon to tell. It could be coffee, tea... maybe arrow poisoning. We'll just have to sit back and let it boil until it boils over - and then we'll see what's in the pot.
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Marshal Wayne Forrester : Mr. Alvarado's death seems to be much more important than his life ever was.
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Marshal Wayne Forrester : Looking for one of my deputies, Frank Smeed... seemed to be heading in this direction. Have you seen him?
Indian Agent Hiram Charleton : What kind of a price is on his head? I'm sorry, Mr. Marshal - bad joke. One mustn't joke about politics, religion or police matters. No, I haven't seen Frank around.
Marshal Wayne Forrester : I'd be obliged if he comes by this way to tell him I want to see him to clear up a case.
Indian Agent Hiram Charleton : I will, sir. Nothing happens within my domain that I don't know about.
Marshal Wayne Forrester : Has Bill Gentry been by?
Indian Agent Hiram Charleton : You seem to have lost your entire department, Marshal.