The Deputy (TV Series)

Brother in Arms (1961)

Denny Miller: Bill Jason

Quotes 

• [while Simon and Clay were enjoying a drink in one corner of the saloon, Bill Jason shot a gambler who accused him of cheating in another] 

  Marshal Simon Fry : Me and my deputy were sittin' less than 20 feet away. You coulda let the law handle it for ya.

  Bill Jason : I guess I don't always think as fast as I shoot, Marshal.

  [Bill taps his holster] 

  Bill Jason : The law on my hip was closer.

• [Billy Jason has just shot Garth Cabot in a fair fight] 

  Marshal Simon Fry : You the Billy Jason that defended himself against Ron Barkley in Mesa a couple of weeks back and against Swifty Stone last winter in Phoenix?

  Bill Jason : That's me.

  Marshal Simon Fry : There's always someone like Cabot can't stand to hear someone's better without findin' out for himself.

• Clay McCord : Did you know Garth Cabot was comin' here, Billy?

  Bill Jason : You keep forgettin' I was mindin' my own business, so now I gotta tell you to do the same.

• Tom Arnold : If your pop was here I bet he'd stand Billy to a drink.

  Clay McCord : Things are different now.

  Bill Jason : Men like Cabot ain't any different. If he was bent on makin' trouble, you couldn't talk him out of it.

  Clay McCord : I'd try.

  Tom Arnold : The way I knew Luke McCord, he might be ashamed to hear you talkin' like that.

  Clay McCord : Careful what you say, Mr. Arnold, because the way you talk, you don't sound like you knew my father at all. Figure Billy Jason for a hero if you like, but one day he's going to gun down an innocent man and when that day comes, I don't want anyone of you to say Luke McCord taught him that!

• Tom Arnold : Is it true like you say, that you only come back to Silver City because it's your hometown?

  Bill Jason : You heard me say it.

  Tom Arnold : Then you better learn to get along with Clay McCord, 'cause you can't get along against him.