Hec Ramsey (TV Series)
Hangman's Wages (1972)
Steve Forrest: Wes Durham
Quotes
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Wes Durham : This a pretty good job?
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Spirits, bacon and beans... steak twice a week.
Wes Durham : Hangman's wages. You ain't gettin' no younger. What happens when the miseries curl up your fingers?
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : I'll steal fewer drinks.
Wes Durham : What if some young punk calls you out and yer packin' about a pound of slugs in ya?
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Well, I can always burst into tears.
Wes Durham : And then give him a mealy mouth grin so's he'll buy you a drink.
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Hey, Wes, maybe they gonna put me out ta stud.
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Wes Durham : Hec... there's five thousand dollards in gold to bust me outta here.
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : You offerin' me a livin' legend for five thousand dollars?
Wes Durham : What are ya askin'?
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : I'm not askin' nothin'.
Wes Durham : Six thousand.
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : No.
Wes Durham : I won't offer it agin.
Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : I guess I got this talent for poverty, Wes.
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Wes Durham : Mother always said I'd wind up at the end of a rope.
Hec Ramsey : Well, all due respect to your mother, the Town Council - Doc here abstainin' - has decided that a character of your purple reputation bein' executed by electrocution is gonna strike terror to the black heart of every outlaw from here to Texas.
Wes Durham : [chuckles] You believe that?
Hec Ramsey : [laughs] Hell, no. Should be nice if it did, though.
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Wes Durham : Well, bein' famous gets to be kinda tiresome, Billy, especially when they catch ya.