- Bisbee Marshal: Do I have two volunteers?
- First Posse Member: We gotta know what we're gettin' ourselves into.
- Second Posse Member: Sure... might not be safe.
- Bisbee Marshal: Safe! Who knows what's safe? I knew a man dropped dead from lookin' at his wife. My own grandmother fought the Indians for sixty years... then choked to death on lemon pie. Do I have two volunteers?
- Emmy: Funny, some men you see every day for ten years and you never notice; some men you see once and they're with you for the rest of your life.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Oh Dan, I don't want a hero, I want you!
- Dan Evans: Honest to God, if I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't, but I heard Alex scream. The town drunk gave his life because he believed that people should be able to live in decency and peace together. Do you think I can do less?
- [Dan returns to his ranch after seeing the stage hold-up]
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Well, I'm glad you're back safe. Heavens, anything could have happened.
- Dan Evans: Well, there was no danger... not to us, anyway.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: It just seems so terrible.
- Dan Evans: Why? What's terrible?
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Nothing.
- Dan Evans: What's the matter?
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Nothing. It seems terrible that something bad can happen and all anybody can do is stand by and watch.
- Dan Evans: Lots of things happen where all you can do is stand by and watch.
- [after discovering where their leader has been hidden, one of Wade's gang members rides off to gather the outlaws to rescue their leader]
- Ben Wade: Now don't go blamin' yourself, because it isn't your fault, you know. He'd have seen the same thing in Benson or Huachuca. No matter where you take me, somebody would be ridin' for help right now. You see, when one of us gets caught, we figure out all the places where they might take us and then we send one man ahead to each of those places... and wait... and watch.
- [Potter is getting ready to go and join the posse who have gone after the stage robbers]
- Alex Potter, town drunk: Ain't cha gonna help catch 'em?
- Ben Wade: Ah, wish I could.
- Alex Potter, town drunk: What'd they look like?
- Ben Wade: Oh, they'll be easy to catch. That's three big men on three white horses.
- Alex Potter, town drunk: [as he starts to ride off] Three white fellas... on three big horses, huh?
- [Prince has been pretending to sleep in the lobby of the hotel where they're holding Ben Wade]
- Charlie Prince: Any strangers come in town?
- Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Not since you went to sleep, sir.
- Charlie Prince: I might as well go along. She won't come now.
- Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Who was you plannin' to meet?
- Charlie Prince: My wife - she ran off with a travelin' man.
- Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: She did?
- Charlie Prince: That's why I've been sittin' up all night. I figgered he'd bring her here.
- Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Well, whaddaya know? Mine ran off, too. I wonder why they do that.
- Charlie Prince: I don't know. I've always treated mine alright - never hit her too hard.
- [first lines]
- Mr. Butterfield, Stage Line Owner: Let me warn you - I am Mr. Butterfield; this is my line, these are my passengers. You bother any of them, I'll hound you from here to kingdom come.
- Ben Wade: Mr. Butterfield, we don't mean to bother anybody - we just mean to get what's under that tarpaulin up there, that's all
- Bisbee Marshal: Alex, have you been drinking this morning or not?
- Alex Potter, town drunk: Marshal, you know I never touch a drop until the stroke of noon.
- Bisbee Marshal: Now the way I figure it, the faster we get him out of here, the safer.
- Alex Potter, town drunk: That's right! We'll outsmart 'em every step! We'll outsmart 'em!
- Bisbee Marshal: We only got two, three hours head start. They'll probably figure we're going to take him to Fort Huachuca and turn him in there.
- Alex Potter, town drunk: Sure they will!
- Bisbee Marshal: And if they don't figure that, they'll figure we've taken him to Benson.
- Alex Potter, town drunk: That's a fact!
- Bisbee Marshal: And if they don't figure that, then they'll figure we've taken him to Contention City and put him on the 3:10 to Yuma.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: What if you went into town and borrowed the money?
- Dan Evans: You know I hate to go begging for help.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Borrowing isn't begging.
- Ben Wade: Well, the street seems to be clear and everybody's going inside. I guess they figure a storm is blowin' up, huh, Dan?
- Ben Wade: Is the marshal around?
- Emmy: He's in his office.
- Ben Wade: Well, you tell him that the coach from Contention was help up. We passed it on the way in. They don't have any horses. Didn't you hear what I said?
- Emmy: Yeah, I heard.
- Ben Wade: Well, why don't you tell him.
- Emmy: Well, the marshal takes his nap between one and two.
- Dan Evans: You know, I never have been able to give you very much. No... pearls, nothing. Sometimes not even enough food for you and the boys. Well, maybe this'll be something worth remembering.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: [worried] What are you saying? Don't you think you can make it?
- Dan Evans: [calmly] Oh, yes, of course. When it gets to be 3:00, I'll just walk to the station. That's all.
- Mrs. Alice Evans: Then why are you talking about a memory?
- Dan Evans: [smiling] Well, I mean, for the boys. The boys'll always remember how their old man walked Ben Wade to the station.
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