Quotes
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Major Bill Buckner : This message was addressed to you and two other men, Hank Brackett and Johnny Reach. Have you been in touch with them?
Mr. Davenport : They're not with this railroad. I don't know who they are or what they have to do with this.
Major Bill Buckner : Neither does Morales, but whoever wrote this letter for him - he knows who they are.
Mr. Davenport : And so do you apparently.
Major Bill Buckner : As a matter of fact, I do. I used to soldier with Brackett and I've heard a lot about his partner. Their names aren't here by accident. Between the lines, whoever wrote this was calling out to them for help.
Mr. Davenport : To them? Why?
Major Bill Buckner : Because he's in deep trouble and that's their specialty.
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Mr. Davenport : What are they, hired guns?
Major Bill Buckner : They don't work for free. At first they did... cleaned up a couple of tough border towns just in self-defense. Then other towns or folks in trouble took to comin' to them for help - so many that they had to get a bit mercenary about putting their lives on the line.
Mr. Davenport : I see. Well, what's their customary fee?
Major Bill Buckner : A blank check, Mr. Davenport. You see, they feel like this. If you can put a price on it, you don't need 'em bad enough.
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Mr. Davenport : Are you trying to tell us, Major, that the United States Army can't do the job here, but that two men possibly can?
Major Bill Buckner : I've already told you, Mr. Davenport, we can't move troops across the border. I know that. I don't know what they can do, if they take the job, but whatever it is, it can't be much worse than Morales has in mind, can it?
Mr. Davenport : Where can they be contacted?
Major Bill Buckner : Casa Grande Hotel, Casa Grande, New Mexico.
Mr. Davenport : Miss Baker, get a telegram off to Mr. Hank Brackett and Mr. Johnny Reach at that address. "Gentlemen, come at once. Situation desperate."
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Hank Bracket : And in the meantime, all you want Johnny and me to do is pull 73 passengers off a moving train in wide-open country without being seen and if we are seen, they're all killed? Is that the job?
Mr. Davenport : I told you it can't be done.
Hank Bracket : ...I didn't say that.
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Hank Bracket : I'll take this, Mr. Davenport, if you don't mind and fill it in later. Fair?
Mr. Davenport : But what is your plan?
Hank Bracket : Well, we don't like to talk about things like that, because you'll probably think we're crazy and you might be right.
