Mannix (TV Series)
Desert Run (1973)
Mike Connors: Joe Mannix
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Quotes
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Reverend Walker : [catching Joe digging up the grave they buried the previous day] Hold it right there, Mister! Now, drop the shovel... and turn around real slow.
[Joe faces Walker and Gillis]
Reverend Walker : You were warned to leave town.
Ward Gillis : You ain't very smart, Mister.
Reverend Walker : See if he's got a gun.
[Gillis hands Walker the rifle he's holding and finds Joe's gun]
Reverend Walker : Can you think of any reason why we shouldn't shoot you? Grave robber.
Joe Mannix : I wasn't planning to rob it, just open it.
Reverend Walker : Why?
Joe Mannix : Curiosity.
Ward Gillis : Just who are you?
Joe Mannix : A private detective.
Reverend Walker : Who hired you?
Joe Mannix : Mark Slocum's wife is worried about him. Afraid his plane may have crashed.
Reverend Walker : Well, what makes you think that Mark Slocum is here in Gopher Flats?
Joe Mannix : Because Jeb Carter isn't.
[Gillis cocks Joe's gun]
Joe Mannix : I wouldn't pull that trigger. You don't think I'd come up here without some backup muscle? You'll never get away with it.
Ward Gillis : What if we try?
Joe Mannix : You'd be making a big mistake. You're not in any real trouble yet. Not murder, anyway, the way I figure it. Now, why don't you tell me exactly what happened? Maybe I can help you figure a way out of it.
Ward Gillis : Mister, you ain't gonna live long enough to help anybody.
[a gunshot fires; Joe pushes Walker and Gillis to ground and flees]