Stagecoach West (TV Series)

The Butcher (1961)

Robert Bray: Simon Kane

Quotes 

• [Simon wheels the stagecoach into the station with Davey as his shotgun guard] 

  Relay Station Hostler : Howdy, Sime. Howdy, Davey. Is that thing there loaded?

  Simon Kane : Ballast. On some stretches of this road, that's the only way I can hold Davey down.

• Simon Kane : Changing teams, folks. Might as well get out and stretch your legs.

  Sherriff Doolin : Nice drivin', Sime.

  Simon Kane : Thank you, Sheriff. The agent always keeps the coffee hot, Colonel Carlin. How are we doin', Mrs. Barton?

  Linda Barton : Oh, after the last lap, I could use it. Since we left Outpost, I think you hit every hole on the Western frontier.

  Johnny Dane : He missed one, ma'am - Grand Canyon. It's too far north.

• [Dane raises to Simon's rescue when the older man is pinned down by rifle fire] 

  Simon Kane : Dane, don't be a fool!

  Johnny Dane : Why should I break a lifetime habit.

• [last lines] 

  [Dane's sacrifice enabled the other stagecoach passengers to escape] 

  Simon Kane : I buried him up there with Domingo and two of his men.

  Linda Barton : You know, I never asked him where he was from or what it was he'd done wrong.

  Simon Kane : Linda, the kind of trouble we went through you learn an awful lot about a person in a very short time. Whatever else he was, Johnny Dane was a man.