Walter Matthau: Lex Rogers

Quotes 

• [Lex's document examiner has identified the murderer by handwriting analysis] 

  Ed Morse : It's Crawley. I've got to go after him right away, but I'm shorthanded. That trouble in Immokalee took four deputies. I need help.

  Lex Rogers : Well, like the fellow said, "You never can find a cop when you need one."

  Ed Morse : Which fellow is that - the one that cuts the budgets?