Rod Cameron: Lt. Rod Blake

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Rod Blake : Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. You know, in the old days, prospectors used to pan the Truckee River with one eye on their gold pans and the other on the trees, half expected a Washoo or a Piute arrow in the back. Well, arrows and gold still haunt the Truckee. Most of the gold is in the form of wedding rings tossed off the Virginia Street Bridge opposite the Reno courthouse. It's become tradition with the new divorcees. And the arrow? I thought the coroner was joking when he called and asked, "Who killed Doc Robbins?" I'll be back in a moment to tell you about it.

• [Rod approaches Dorrit on Reno's Virginia Street Bridge over the Truckee River] 

  DoretteMason : Hello, I'm Lieutenant Blake. The water's pretty cold this time of year.

  Rod Blake : Is it a tradition to throw your wedding ring in here when you're through with it?

  DoretteMason : Well, the custom is to take it off first.

• Rod Blake : Oh, did you get anything on the laundry marks?

  Sheriff Andy Anderson : There are 3792 laundries west of Salt Lake. All it will prove is Gilbert wore shirts.

• [last lines] 

  Rod Blake : [narrating]  She didn't want money; she wanted her man, so outside a farmhouse Doc found out how much love, even his kind, means to a plain woman.