The Deputy (TV Series)

Lorinda Belle (1961)

Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord

Quotes 

• [Bill prevents a gunfight between Belding and Jason Getty] 

  Bill Corman : Thanks, Bill.

  Bill Corman : It was nothin'. Maybe I shouldn't be proud of it, but Getty's always been friendly disposed towards me.

  Clay McCord : That makes you a suspicious character, don't it?

• [Jason is determined to find the man who gave him a deadly poison] 

  Clay McCord : If you expect to test everyone who hates you, Mr. Getty, you'll have to cover an awful lot of territory.

  Jason Getty : I'm going to cover every inch of it, Deputy - every inch of it! I'm going to get even before I die.

  Clay McCord : You get out of line, I'll lock you up.

  Jason Getty : [laughs]  What'll you have it your jail? A corpse?

  Clay McCord : Don't make me wish that poison will work any faster than Doc Landy says it will.

  Jason Getty : There's gonna be a lot of people who wish that before I'm through.

• Marshal Simon Fry : The poisoner's got to be found before Getty finds him.

  Clay McCord : The trouble is Getty's made up his own list of suspects. He's liable to gun 'em all down tryin' to be sure he gets the guilty one.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Lucky this thing happened.

  Clay McCord : Why do you say that?

  Marshal Simon Fry : Aw, problems got any easier instead of tougher, you might get bored with your job.

• Clay McCord : Sometimes it's merciful to lie to a patient, ain't it, Doc?

  Bill Corman : For mercy, there's a reason.

  Clay McCord : Well, so is justice!

• [Jason has been shot in the stomach after being poisoned] 

  Clay McCord : Is he going to live, Doc?

  Doc Landy : That's a funny question about a man who - for all practical purposes, has been dead for some time.

• [last lines] 

  Clay McCord : I used to think Getty went out of his way to make people hate him... now I know why. He hated himself for what he had done to that girl. Couldn't stand for people to think he was decent when, in his heart, he felt that he wasn't.

  Marshal Simon Fry : That's deep, Clay. It's gettin' so you're lookin' way inside for causes.