Billy Two Hats (1974)

Jack Warden: Sheriff Henry Gifford

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• Copeland, Saloon Owner : Ain't you forgot something?

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : What?

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : Swear me in as your deputy.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : All right, raise your hand.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : Which one?

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : Hell, I don't care... all right, you're sworn.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : Is that all there is to it?

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : That's all.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : Well, hell, that ain't much.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : Well, it ain't much of a job.

• Sheriff Henry Gifford : Who's out there?

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : Oh, just a lot of nothing.

• Sheriff Henry Gifford : Watching out for the old man, huh, breed? Well, he's not out there. He's down in Mexico leaning up against some cantina bar, puking up all that money you and him and your dead partner stole. Yeah, all that money. Four hundred twenty dollars. You had to kill somebody at that. I don't like no kind of law breaker, breed. But the kind I hate worse is a cheap one. And cheaper than you and your friend, they just don't come!

• Sheriff Henry Gifford : [Henry, with his prisoner Billy in tow, has arrived at Cope's general store]  Can he wash?

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : [Reluctantly]  Ah... it's a mighty fancy 'breed, washing and all that.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : [after a long pause]  Well, go on, but don't let him use a whole lot of water.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : [to Billy, gruffly]  Wash up. But don't waste any water.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : [Watching, as Billy meticulously washes up]  Mighty fancy 'breed ya' got there, sure enough, Henry.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : [Contemptuously]  Yeah, he's fancy all right. Thinks this old man of his is comin' to cut him loose.

• Sheriff Henry Gifford : Drink and tobacco. Can't beat 'em.

• Copeland, Saloon Owner : Well, Henry, they long gone now. I don't see us catchin' 'em. Thing is, we'd be out a long time anyway. I got the store to run, and then there's the squaw to think about. You never can tell when she might take it in her head to take off.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : [Coldly and a bit sarcastic]  You figure out what's owed to you, Cope, send it to me, eh? I mean if the Scotsman can pay, I guess the law can too.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : [Offended]  You got no right to say that to me, Henry.

  Sheriff Henry Gifford : You go back and wait for the railroad, Cope. I wouldn't want you not to be there when it comes through.

  Copeland, Saloon Owner : [Henry rides off; Cope watches him, fuming and muttering]  Bastard!