Rod Cameron: Lt. Rod Blake

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Lt. Rod Blake : Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. This is a file on George Jones. It's closed now; it's one of a handful of cases I can't forget... I wish I could. The crime of violence touches more people than just the criminal and his victim - even a peace officer. I think you'll understand when you see tonight's story which we call, "Another Chance".

• George Jones : I got a letter from the sanitarium that they couldn't keep her any longer unless I paid.

  Lt. Rod Blake : Well, you can't blame them.

  George Jones : No, I guess not. Anyway, that's when I took my last money and paid ten bucks for a gun. You saw the gun didn't you?

  Lt. Rod Blake : Yeah, we got your prints off of it.

  George Jones : I think it's a pretty good buy for ten bucks don't you?

  Lt. Rod Blake : Yeah. You got a real bargain.

• [last lines] 

  [Just before his execution, Jones learns that his wife died suddenly in a sanatorium] 

  Sheriff Andy Anderson : Look at his face. He isn't afraid anymore.

  Lt. Rod Blake : Well, who knows. Maybe this is a new beginning for him - and for her. Maybe we all get another chance.

  [Jones is led away to the gas chamber] 

  Minister : The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me besides still waters, he restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake...