The Man Behind the Gun (1953)

Patrice Wymore: Lora Roberts

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• Vic Sutro : [During a stagecoach robbery]  Lady, you may be a schoolteacher, but I like your spirit. In fact, I'll like you as soon as I pick up a little currency here. You and I are going for a horseback ride.

  Lora Roberts : You're insane!

  Vic Sutro : I would be if I passed you up.

• Lora Roberts : Your mother and father were killed by the Indians. The Third Cavalry found you and raised you. Raised you on blood and black powder.

  Major Ransome Callicut : And saber floggings! That's how I learned religion.

  Lora Roberts : Religion?

  Major Ransome Callicut : Duty! - The religion of the Army. Forget it for a minute and a tough sergeant beats it back into you with the flat of a saber. Duty's a god, Miss Roberts, a jealous god! It makes demands. It tears you to pieces, but you kneel down and...

  Lora Roberts : Yes. Yes, I think I understand duty - the same thing that makes me teach school in a place that...

  [They stare at each other for a long time and embrace]