- [first lines]
- Harris Claibourne: Tombstone, Arizona Territory - October 16, 1882. Sheriff Clay Hollister took his job seriously and he was in no mood to entertain out-of-town callers.
- [Clay walks towards the two gunslingers]
- Joe Chandler: Here he comes.
- Gang Member with Moustache: Watch him, Joe. He's got four arms and a gun in each hand!
- Joe Chandler: It still only takes one slug to kill him.
- Ferguson: Sorry, Sheriff, I guess I spoke to you at the wrong time. I'm Ferguson from Washington.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Yeah, I know. Editor Claibourne told me you wanted to talk to me.
- Ferguson: That's right.
- [holding up the derringer Ed pulled on Clay]
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: You almost lost your chance.
- Ferguson: So President Arthur sent me out here to investigate your mounting crime and lawlessness. He feels that Tombstone is a blot upon the entire country. Your Boot Hill is proof enough of that.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Mr. Ferguson, wherever there's sudden wealth there's always sudden death - whether it be a diamond strike in Africa or a silver strike in Arizona.
- Ferguson: What's your opinion, Claibourne?
- Harris Claibourne: There is crime and lawlessness in Tombstone, yes. That's in the nature of a boomtown. But, most important, our law has never lost the upper hand.
- Elizabeth Blythe: How about your Apaches? You don't seem to have them under control.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: They're more a matter for the military - General Crook and the cavalry - though we do work hand and hand.
- Elizabeth Blythe: The famous General Crook?
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: He's be more famous if he could catch Geronimo.
- Elizabeth Blythe: They're very interested in reading about the Apache Wars back east.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Yeah. We'd rather read about 'em, too.
- [refering to wounded outlaw Joe Chandler]
- Ferguson: Don't let anything happen to *that* on the way, or Miss Blythe is a goner.
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Yeah. First you have to shoot 'em, then you have to keep 'em alive.
- [to reporter Elizabeth Blythe after a gunfight]
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: How are you at writing obituaries?
- Harris Claibourne: How long did it take you to run down Pete and the other one?
- Sheriff Clay Hollister: Wore out two horses, but that takes care of the Chandler outfit. I won't need keys to keep the ones on Boot Hill out of trouble.