The Deputy (TV Series)

Passage to New Orleans (1960)

Henry Fonda: Chief Marshal Simon Fry

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Quotes 

• Lucy Ballance : Clay, have you been followin' us?

  Marshal Simon Fry : Just as fast as I could, Miss Ballance.

• Marshal Simon Fry : Passenger list didn't tell much.

  Clay McCord : Well, I guess a man doesn't get in the habit of writing 'Gunman' after his name.

• Marshal Simon Fry : Thought maybe you'd like to join me for breakfast.

  Lucy Ballance : Are you sure you can spare the time from your official duties?

  Marshal Simon Fry : Oh, I'll be workin', but there's no point in not enjoyin' the job a little.

  Lucy Ballance : I am surprised, Marshal.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Kinda surprised myself. I ain't gonna say I'm glad Clay was hurt, but it's an ill wind that don't blow somebody some good.

• Marshal Simon Fry : She looks right through a man, Clay.

  Clay McCord : All day long?

  Marshal Simon Fry : Well, don't get the wrong idea. As long as I'm standing guard over her, I might as well make it sociable.

  Clay McCord : Oh, I just hope you're not gettin' in deep water, Simon.

  Marshal Simon Fry : You worried I don't know how to swim?

• Marshal Simon Fry : I didn't figure on you for a man to do his own dirty work.

  Samuel Forceman : It is contrary to family tradition.

• Samuel Forceman : We were a plantation family - owned 200 slaves before the war. Now I can't afford more than 30 hired hands.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Plus half a dozen hired killers. Must be runnin' out of 'em about now. That it?

  Samuel Forceman : You have quite a talent for appraisin' the situation, Mr. Fry.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Got a late start this time. Looks like it might be fatal.

• [last lines] 

  Marshal Simon Fry : [discussing Lucy]  Faxcinatin' girl. Like's to play as long as she can keep out of trouble... which I guess ain't a bad idea. But like you said, it took a lot of work to get her on that stand.

  Clay McCord : Oh, I can't see as how you suffered so much from all that hard labor.

  Marshal Simon Fry : No, can't say as I did. Bein' a marshal, you gotta learn to take things as they come.