Kevin Hagen: John Colton

Quotes 

• John Colton : Out, turnkey.

  Yancy Derringer : Goodbye, friend jailer.

  Jailer : Oh, don't say goodbye, Yancy. See you again real soon.

• John Colton : Yancy, when you agreed to be my underground agent, we said that you would do anything to *uphold* law and order, not go shooting down chandiliers in The Charter House.

  Yancy Derringer : Just having a little fun. I paid for the chandilier.

  John Colton : Did you have to embarrass me and get caught?

  Yancy Derringer : How did I know it would fall on the Chief of Police?

• John Colton : What is it? What have you learned?

  Yancy Derringer : It's the plague. The plague, Mr. Colton! By morning this city could become a pesthole. I'm going to burn that silk.

  John Colton : The plague? I can't authorize it, but burn it!