Day of the Bad Man (1958)

Fred MacMurray: Judge Jim Scott

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• Charlie Hayes : What's the sentence going to be?

  Judge James Edward Scott : The court convenes at eleven at the church. Get there early if you want a seat.

  Howard Hayes : I want to know now.

  Judge James Edward Scott : Well, what you want and what you get are not one and the same.

• Judge James Edward Scott : Wiley, just what did you expect to do when you came on as Sheriff here?

  Sheriff Barney Wiley : I didn't say I wouldn't do the job. I'm just not interested in committing suicide, that's all. Are you?

• Deputy Floyd : Is there going to be a gunfight? They'll try and bust out Rudy, won't they?

  Judge James Edward Scott : No, they got a better idea. They'd rather I set him free. How is he behaving?

  Deputy Floyd : Like a man with lots of future.

• Sheriff Barney Wiley : I wouldn't want to be singled out as the man who hanged Rudy.

  Judge James Edward Scott : That seems to be a distinction they reserve for me.

• Judge James Edward Scott : It is now the obligation of this court to pass sentence. Ordinarily, in a case of this kind sentence would be simple and obvious... but in this case there seem to be conflicting issues. As many of you know there has been talk of banishment. It seems to be the will of a number of people. Mrs. Quary has asked for it and as the widow of the deceased certainly deserves consideration. A committee of the town's most respected citizens has asked for it and their opinion must carry weight with the court. Will the prisoner rise. Is there anything you'd like to say?