Vigilante Force (1976)

Brad Dexter: Mayor Bradford

Quotes 

• Linda Christopher : [to Ben]  I know he's your brother, but he's not even playing cop anymore. He walks into a place with one thing in mind: Destroy.

  Paul Sinton : It sounds like the war. You know, when some guys go crazy, and start shooting at everything that weren't wearing an American flag.

  Linda Christopher : Are we going to sit back and watch?

  Mayor Bradford : [arriving]  Ben! Oh, Ben! Say, Ben, you got a minute?

  Ben Arnold : [busy servicing tractor]  No.

  Mayor Bradford : Half a minute? By the way, Ben, did you get Aaron to commit to the Grand Marshal offer?

  Ben Arnold : He said he'd think about it.

  Linda Christopher : Maybe he got a better offer.

• Shakey Malone : [Shakey arrives at a firing range where Ben, his friends, and Mayor Bradford are at]  I just came from the restaurant. Somebody made a casserole out of my kitchen. Dumped a whole week's supply of groceries all over the floor. Had to be that shakedown pimp. The guy that was trying to sell me protection.

  Ben Arnold : What guy?

  Tom Cousy : [points at a scar on his cheek]  The same ones who gave me this and if we didn't pay, we'd be in more trouble.

  Shakey Malone : I ain't paying! I'll feed the place to the hogs, first!

  Ben Arnold : You talk to Aaron? Tell him about these guys?

  Shakey Malone : Aaron's not here to protect US, Ben! He's here to protect

  [slaps Bradford on the buttocks] 

  Shakey Malone : his honor's ass, not mine!

  Mayor Bradford : Now, Shakey, you know that's not true.

  Shakey Malone : Sure as hell is!

  Ben Arnold : Now, wait a minute. Aaron's here for all of us.

  Freddie Howe : Then, why don't he do something about the shakedowns, Ben?

  Tom Cousy : Or maybe you know something we don't? Maybe you and Aaron...

  Freddie Howe : Go on, say it. Everybody else's been saying it.

  Shakey Malone : [to Ben]  Maybe you're in on it.

  Ben Arnold : In on what?

  [Shakey, Freddie, and Tom depart] 

  Mayor Bradford : Oh, don't pay attention to them, Ben.

  Ben Arnold : You gonna talk to Aaron or is this up to me, too?

  Mayor Bradford : You talk to him, huh?

• Mayor Bradford : [Ben shows up outside the police station to see Bradford, Aaron, and his deputies]  Ben, we're forming a search posse. It seems Harry Lee's still missing.

  [Ben opens down the tailgate to show Harry's dead body underneath a blanket] 

  Mayor Bradford : Harry. My god. I want his killer.

  Ben Arnold : Well, there's some things you ought to know.

  Mayor Bradford : No, don't tell me.

  [looks at Aaron] 

  Mayor Bradford : Tell him. Aaron, I'm appointing you interim chief of police. I want Lee's killer.

  Ben Arnold : [to Aaron]  Then, we ought to start with you.

  Aaron Arnold : What does that mean?

  Ben Arnold : Little Dee said she saw Lee out at your place, late last night.

  Aaron Arnold : That's right. He was a little concerned about the way we busted up the picnic.

  Ben Arnold : So, you had to kill him?

  Aaron Arnold : [chuckles]  I get it. Did she tell you that before or after I threw her ass out?

  Mayor Bradford : Now, hold it, Ben. Aaron gets the job done.

  Ben Arnold : Like the job he's doing on us? Come on, Bradford, wake up!

  Mayor Bradford : Now, you forget this family squabbling. We got a town to run, a town under attack.

  [to Aaron] 

  Mayor Bradford : Aaron, you're on your own.

  Aaron Arnold : [to Ben]  I like this town. Whoever did this, we'll find out. Hope I can count on you for your help.