Destry (1954)

Lori Nelson: Martha Phillips

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• [Martha shoots her pistols into the floor] 

  Tom Destry : What's the big idea?

  Martha Phillips : Well, I've been in town all day and I heard that the only way one could get any attention around here was do a little promiscuous shooting.

• [last lines] 

  Tom Destry : Which reminds me of a book I read once. It was all about a fellow and a girl - they had the doggonedest time gettin' together. Oh, it wasn't her fault. It wasn't exactly his fault, either. It was just a whole lot of mix-ups kept 'em apart. One day, this fella...

  Martha Phillips : You know something? You read too many books!

  [they embrace] 

  Tom Destry : Yeah. But there comes a time when a fella just has to stop readin' so much.

• [Skinner has lost his the deed to his ranch in a crooked card game] 

  Tom Destry : This gives Decker the land. I can't run him off his own property.

  Martha Phillips : And you're the one that talked so much about justice and law and order.

  Tom Destry : I'm sorry, ma'am. I'd rather be horse-whipped.

  Martha Phillips : And I'd like to be the one to do it!