The Broken Star (1956)

Howard Duff: Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed

Quotes 

• [Frank claims he shot Alvarado in self-defense] 

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : Rustler?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Suspicion of. Tried to kill me with this.

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : What happened then?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Guess.

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : Tried to dry gulch ya?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Nope. Face to face showdown.

  Marshal Wayne Forrester : He jumped you first?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Mm-hmm.

  Marshal Wayne Forrester : [dubious]  Self-defense, huh?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Yessir! Self defense.

• Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : You don't believe me, is that it? Is that why you sent Bill out?

  Marshal Wayne Forrester : When a man is killed in this district, it's my job to investigate - even when the killer happens to be one of my deputies.

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : I don't like that word 'killer'!

  Marshal Wayne Forrester : It's not a pleasant word, but when one man kills another, that is the term.

• Van Horn : The boss of the T-Lazy-W wants to palaver with ya.

  Messendyke : Mr. Thorton Wills - at the main ranch house.

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : I don't know him. Never had any business with him.

  Van Horn : You have now, Johnny Law.

  Messendyke : Trot, don't mosey.

• Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : You want to file a complaint?

  Thornton W. Wills : With you personally, not your office.

• Thornton W. Wills : No, I ain't accusin' you of a thing. If you feel guilty, edgy, that's your lookout. You might just know who took it, you might be able to just find it. I want it back. I aim to get it back if it costs ten times as much.

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : I don't know anything about it.

  Thornton W. Wills : If that's the way you want it. You've had a fair shake.

• [startled, Frank reaches for his gun] 

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : Howdy, Frank.

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Oh. Howdy, Bill.

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : Kinda edgy aren't you?

  Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Well, I-I thought you were Nachez. I had him, but he got away.

  Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry : Uh-huh. You sent his horse home. Does that mean he won't need it anymore?

• Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed : Hide me out. Cover for me!

  Indian Agent Hiram Charleton : That doesn't come within my duties and perogatives as Indian agent.