The Deputy (TV Series)

Queen Bea (1960)

Wallace Ford: Marshal Herk Lamson

Quotes 

• Marshal Simon Fry : I'd better look up Clay.

  Herk Lamson : Simon, you plannin' on deputizin' Clay? He ain't gonna buy it.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Store business good, huh?

  Herk Lamson : It's just they haven't forgivin' you for the last time you pinned the badge on him. The way he's thinkin'...

  Marshal Simon Fry : A young fellow like Clay need a man has growed up and has some experience to sort of guide his thinking.

• Herk Lamson : You better start packin' again.

  Clay McCord : Why? 'Cause of Fletcher?

  Herk Lamson : No, that other fella. I saw the way he looked at you when you moved in on the lady. There was murder in those eyes - yours!

• Herk Lamson : How's Fran takin' it?

  Clay McCord : Oh, she claims she likes it over the hotel, social and all, but I'll be glad when it's all over and I can ease her mind.

  Herk Lamson : About not selling the store?

  Clay McCord : No, about me courtin' Miss Vale! She's buildin' up a real thunderhead. Just between you and me, I don't want to be around when the storm breaks.

• Clay McCord : Goodbye, Herk.

  Herk Lamson : Goodbye and consider yourself unswore.

  [Clay leaves Herk's office] 

  Herk Lamson : ...Until the next time.