Bat Masterson (TV Series)
Death by the Half Dozen (1960)
Gene Barry: Bat Masterson
Quotes
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Claire Cantrell : "Buck", I said - that's Buck Peters, my fiancee, the sheriff of...
Slim Tobey : ...the sheriff of Mesquitte Springs. How many more times you gonna tell us?
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : That was unkind, uncouth and uncalled for.
Slim Tobey : She hasn't shut up once since we left Reno.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Ms. Cantrell is about to be married. I suggest you apologize.
Claire Cantrell : Don't bother, Mr. Masterson. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Just for that, I won't say another word.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Now you see what you've done, Mr. Tobey. We'll probably die of boredom.
[gunshots whiz overhead and the stagecoach is robbed]
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Eddie Griswell : Hey! Where's my lunch?
[to Bat]
Buck Peters : Eddie Griswell. He'll be hanged Saturday.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : The prospect doesn't seem to spoil his appetite.
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Slim Tobey : They say you're pretty good with a gun.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : I won't miss a target as big as you.
Slim Tobey : I can take you, Masterson.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Don't try it.
Slim Tobey : I can drop you with one shot.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : If you reach, I guarantee you'll see nothing but sky.
[Tobey draws his pistol and in the ensueing gunfight, is shot by Bat]
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Is the view worth it, Tobey?
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Mayor Goodwin : Masterson, you did it! Six of them with one gun!
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : With one bullet.
Mayor Goodwin : How can you kill six men with one bullet?
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Well, simple. Just line them up like crows on a line.
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[last lines]
Johnny : Mr. Masterson, they're sayin' you didn't kill all the outlaws!
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Who says I didn't?
Johnny : My father says you only killed one.
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Well, Johnny, that's the problem with grown-ups. They just refuse to believe the impossible.