Peter Breck: Clay Culhane

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• [first lines] 

  [four Mexicans confront Clay with guns drawn] 

  Calderon : Pardon, senor. It is a mistake.

  Clay Culhane : Is it?

  Calderon : You are frightened, senor. You think that we are bandits.

  Clay Culhane : I don't exactly take you for traveling salesmen.

• Clay Culhane : All right, put them away!

  Calderon : We have no quarrel with you, senor.

  Clay Culhane : Let's keep it that way! Go on back down the hill.

  Calderon : You are making a great mistake!

  Clay Culhane : Well, that puts us even. Now git - fast!

• Judge Caleb Marsh : We have no jurisdiction over this man. He belongs to Mexico and it says so right here and it's been signed and sealed by the highest court in New Mexico.

  Clay Culhane : Oh, now wait a minute!

  Judge Caleb Marsh : No sir, you wait and you better do some listening, counselor, before I find you in contempt! I figure a young country lawyer can't be expected to be up on matters of international whittle-whangin', but that don't change the law.