The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Dead Man's Shoes (1962)

Richard Devon: Dagget

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Quotes 

• Dagget : What's your name?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : [being sarcastic and, thus, disrespectful]  Kilroy.

  Jimmy : [angrily]  Look, buddy, when Mr. Dagget as...

  Dagget : [silences Jimmy by raising his hand]  What's your business, Mr. Kilroy?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Well, you might say, uh, I'm kind of a messenger. I got a message for you, Bernie.

  Dagget : Well, let's have it.

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Nah, I, uh, was given instructions to deliver this message privately. Well, it's a touchy matter. You know how it is.

  Dagget : Oh. Who's it from?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Afraid I can't say.

• Dagget : The fella that gave you this message, what did he look like?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Now, Bernie, my business is forgetting. Not remembering.

• Ben : [finds a gun in Nathan's jacket]  Happy Easter.

  Dagget : You still got a message for me?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Oh yes, but tell the Easter Bunny here, I'd like my gun back afterwards.

• Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : [looking at the carpet]  How'd you get it clean so fast, Bernie?

  Dagget : What?

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : The rug. I understand blood's very hard to get out, isn't it?

  Dagget : I don't know what you're talking about.

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Well, I'll tell you what I'll do, Bernie. I'll tell you what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a guy who had a pretty nice thing going for him; plenty of dough, plenty of action. Only he wasn't happy - because he had a partner. That meant he couldn't be number one, and being number one was very important to him. So he offered to buy the partner out, and when the partner refused to sell, - he killed him.

  [looking at the carpet] 

  Nathan 'Nate' Bledsoe : Right there. You know, you'd never know. It was a slick job.