Wagon Train (TV Series)

The Sandra Cummings Story (1963)

Denny Miller: Duke Shannon

Quotes 

• Cooper Smith : Which one is yours?

  Duke Shannon : Neither.

  Cooper Smith : You're not trying to convince me you're just a music lover?

• Duke Shannon : She sure is about the sweetest little gal I ever did see. It's too bad I didn't meet her four or five years from now whenever I decide to cut one from the herd for myself. For keeps, that is. She's just the kind I'd be looking for. Of course, by then I'd imagine she'd probably be taken.

• Cooper Smith : [Sandra is dancing and singing on stage:Walzing has its charms]  Helleva highclass place for a wagon train scout.

  Duke Shannon : Shh. Shh... Oh hi, Coop. Talk to you in a minute... Wagon train get here all right?

  Cooper Smith : Nope.

  Duke Shannon : That's good.

  Cooper Smith : It's not coming this way.

  Duke Shannon : Fine, fine.

  Cooper Smith : Fact is, it's heading back east.

  Duke Shannon : Swell.

  Cooper Smith : Charlie got tired of taking orders. Charlie took over as wagonmaster.

  Duke Shannon : Good, good.

  Cooper Smith : And Bill and Chris quit.

  Duke Shannon : Fine, fine.

  Cooper Smith : First thing Charlie did was fire you and me.

  Duke Shannon : That's good.

  [the walz and show ends] 

  Duke Shannon : What do you think of it, Coop?

  Cooper Smith : I think I'd like to meet her.

  Duke Shannon : Oh, you're going to. I've been waiting here for three days, got acquainted with the whole troupe. They've been talking to me about going to Greenville with the train. That's where they make their next appearance.

  Cooper Smith : Good, good.

  Duke Shannon : By the way, did you say the train was here?

  Cooper Smith : Huh.

  Duke Shannon : The wagon train is here, isn't it?

  Cooper Smith : Yeah, yeah.