The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Mr. Denton on Doomsday (1959)

Dan Duryea: Al Denton

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• Al Denton : I was good. I was real good. I was so good that once a day, someone would ride into town to make me prove it. And every morning, I'd start my drinkin' a few minutes earlier. Until one morning, the guy who asked me to prove it turned out to be sixteen years old. I left him there on his face. Right there in front of the saloon. I left him there bleedin' to death with my bullet in him. I guess it'll start all over again, now. Every fast and fancy man who owns a gun will come riding in down that street. Only this time it'll be me face down, bleedin' to death. I think I'll go in and get a shave. I wanna look proper on the day I die.

• Al Denton : [after getting his sharpshooting skills back, Dan Hotaling stands in his way in defiance. Denton slaps Hotaling in the face]  And don't call me Rummy anymore!

• Dan Hotaling : [notices Denton holding a gun]  Wait a minute, Denton. Hey, Gunner! Hey! Where did you get that artillery?

  Al Denton : I found it... I found it right over there in the street.

  Dan Hotaling : Is that a fact? Heh! Bet it's a long time since you used one of those, isn't it, rummy?

  Al Denton : Yeah, a long time.

  Dan Hotaling : Well, maybe you could use it now. Yeah. Maybe you could even outdraw me.

  Al Denton : No, I wouldn't know how to use it anymore.

  Dan Hotaling : Well, let's see you try. Come on. You and me will draw.

  Liz : All right. All right. Dan, cut it out. It's not funny anymore.

  Dan Hotaling : Go on. Get away, Liz. The gunner and me, we're gonna have a showdown here. Come on, Gunner. Let's lift it up...

  Liz : Oh, Dan, stop it!

  Charlie : Come on, Dan. Liz is right.

  Dan Hotaling : GO ON BACK TO THE BAR, CHARLIE! Can't you see we got private business here?

  Charlie : Listen, Dan...

  [Dan kicks the bar door, sending Charlie tumbling backward] 

  Dan Hotaling : Come on. Come on out here. Come on, rummy. Come on!

  [Denton walks a few steps forward] 

  Dan Hotaling : I'm gonna give you a break, rummy. I'm gonna do it left-handed.

  Al Denton : Miss Smith, tell him. Please tell him. Please. Miss Smith, please tell him...

  [after waving his gun in his hand, he shoots Hotaling in the left wrist] 

  Al Denton : Miss Smith, please tell him it was an accident. I don't want any trouble. Mr. Hotaling...

  Charlie : That was shooting, Al.

  Al Denton : Mr. Hotaling, listen...

  Charlie : Come in and get a drink. It's on the house.

  [Charlie escorts Denton into the bar] 

  Charlie : Did you get your eye back, Al? You been practicing or something? We ain't seen shooting like that since I don't know when. Against Hotaling, too.

  Al Denton : It isn't even mine.

  Charlie : Drinks on the house!

  Dan Hotaling : HEY, RUMMY! Face me, Denton!

  Al Denton : [the bar patrons scatter]  It was an accident, Mr. Hotaling.

  Dan Hotaling : I'm gonna get this right in your stomach!

  Charlie : Dan, give him a break.

  Al Denton : I didn't mean to... I didn't even mean to... I didn't even mean to...

  [as he's waving his gun, Denton fires again. This time, it causes a lamp to fall on Hotaling's gun] 

• Leader : Tall man. Doesn't usually wear his gun. Blond hair.

  Al Denton : Who does that describe?

  Leader : It describes a man named Al Denton. Supposed to be top gun here. Would that be you?

  Al Denton : That'd be me.

  Leader : I got a message for you, Denton, comes from Pete Grant.

  Al Denton : Well, let's hear the message.

  Leader : Pete will be in town tomorrow night at 10:00. He'll meet you over in the saloon.

  Al Denton : Look, you tell him there's no call...

  [realizes what would happen if he backed off] 

  Al Denton : Tell Mr. Grant I'll be there tomorrow night. I'll wait for his pleasure.

  Leader : That's just what it'll be.