Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series)

Arroyo (1955)

Jack Carson: Lamar Kendall

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Quotes 

• Young Lawyer : I object to this presumption of guilt.

  Lamar Kendall : ...Who are you?

  Young Lawyer : My name is Dilson; I'm a practicing lawyer from El Paso, passing through here on railroad business.

  Lamar Kendall : Well, my name is Kendall - Lamar Kendall. We're not in El Paso; we're not practicing. So if you'll stand aside and be quiet, we'll dispose of this case.

• Hattie Mae Warren : At least she can always remember he died a hero. A woman's got to believe that about the man she loves.

  Lamar Kendall : Even if it isn't true?

  Hattie Mae Warren : If she really loves him, it's got to be true.

• [last lines] 

  Dude : My wagon was missing - no sign of Nancy. Where is she?

  Lamar Kendall : Over with Hattie Mae Warren, the dressmaker. Think you can find her?

  Dude : ...I can find her now.

• Lamar Kendall : Could he have gone for help?

  Bart Craddick : Mm - it coulda happened that way. At least, he wasn't there for the attack.

  Lamar Kendall : Mrs. Wheeler says he was. She saw him shot down, tryin' to save some children, just before her team bolted.

  Bart Craddick : She says that?

  Lamar Kendall : That's what she says. She saw him die.

  Bart Craddick : Then he must be dead.

  Lamar Kendall : And you must be mistaken.

  Bart Craddick : And I must be mistaken.

• Bart Craddick : It'll look like you two killed each other. That way, I'll be in the clear, and Nancy Wheeler will be a sure enough widow both ways from the nine-spot.

  Lamar Kendall : You're gonna have trouble with Nancy. She's not overly fond of you.

  Bart Craddick : She will be. I'm not a man that runs away from a woman.

• Lamar Kendall : ...You're not drunk.

  Dude : No... I was waiting here for you, when I saw him come in the back. So I spilled the brandy and stretched out across the desk.

  Lamar Kendall : Why?

  Dude : I was afraid of him...

  Lamar Kendall : You got over it in a hurry.

  Dude : I got over it - but not in a hurry.

• Lamar Kendall : We're not settling this according to territorial statutes; we're settling this according to me.

• Lamar Kendall : According to the statutes of all civilized communities, the removal of a body from a grave without permission of a duly constituted court is a serious crime. Craddock, who gave you permission to dig up the deputy?

  Bart Craddick : Nobody. I was accused of murder; the proof of my innocence was buried in the ground - so I dug it up.