The Deputy (TV Series)

The Return of Widow Brown (1961)

Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord

Quotes 

• Tommy Brown : Howdy. Appears like you're the sheriff.

  Clay McCord : No, I'm the deputy marshal.

  Tommy Brown : Boy, I bet you you're fast on the draw.

  [pretending he's wearing a holster, Tommy whips out an imaginary pistol and points his finger at Clay] 

  Tommy Brown : Bang-bang! Bang-bang!

  Clay McCord : Hey hey hey hey! Be careful where you point that thing.

• Clay McCord : I figured the only way to handle this is exactly the way you would.

  Marshal Simon Fry : How's that?

  Clay McCord : Well, I already wired Phoenix and Mesa. Amelia lived in both them places like she claimed. Well, I figure her interests lies in the lynchin', the school, the roof or the loot.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Got a first pick?

  Clay McCord : Yeah. Well, like I say, I been thinkin' like you would. Now if you was a widow, I figure you'd be set on recoverin' the loot first.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Dang if some of my oneryness ain't rubbed off on you after all.

  Clay McCord : You got plenty to spare.

• Marshal Simon Fry : Who else you got tucked away back there?

  Clay McCord : Ah, Chuck Burloyne.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Burloyne! I thought he was tucked away safe in Tannersville.

  Clay McCord : Oh, it seems he busted loose the night after I went up there to ask him some questions.

  Marshal Simon Fry : That so? I never heard of anyone bustin' out of Tannersville except with some outside help.

  Clay McCord : Well, he got help from me and the warden.

  Marshal Simon Fry : You better explain that. How did the warden get into it?

  Clay McCord : Had to talk to him mighty persuasive, but I kept sayin' to myself, "This is the way Simon would do it."

  Marshal Simon Fry : You sayin' I would arrange for a prisoner to break jail?

  Clay McCord : You sure would! If he could lead you to five thousand dollars of stolen money.

• [last lines] 

  Clay McCord : It turns out Burloyne lynched him, tryin' to make him tell where the money was hid. He was real obligin' with his confession. Claimed he just meant to coax Lem a little, but the horse bolted.

  Marshal Simon Fry : It was real obligin' tellin' you that.

  Clay McCord : Oh, well, me and Sarge might have persuaded him a little - knowin' how you'd have gone about it. You want to hear about it?

  Marshal Simon Fry : If you was goin' about it like me, I don't want to hear about it ever! Don't want anyone disturbin' my sleep, 'cause I gotta get started for Flagstaff with my prisoner in the mornin'.