The Deputy (TV Series)

The Lesson (1961)

Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Clay McCord : Are you Lex Denton?

  Lex Danton : Yeah, that's right, but I didn't expect a welcoming committee.

  Clay McCord : Marshal Fry sent word you were headed in this direction.

  Lex Danton : Any law against that?

  Clay McCord : Well, that depends on what you got in mind.

  Lex Danton : Well, I'm here just like any other peaceful citizen.

  Clay McCord : That don't hardly fit your description.

  Lex Danton : Well, four years in prison more or less quiets a man down. Warden called it... rehabilitation.

• Clay McCord : Folks are always tellin' kids what's right. No reason why it shouldn't work the other way for a change.

• Jenkins : We got scared, but we're not scared now. We're ready to fight to keep you here.

  Alden : We had no right in breaking that contract with you in the first place.

  Clay McCord : You're still a teacher here.

  Mary Willis : Thank you.