The Deputy (TV Series)

The Three Brothers (1960)

Henry Fonda: Chief Marshal Simon Fry

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Marshal Simon Fry : [narrating]  When you're a Chief Marshal, trouble's your bread and butter, but when you get too much of it, you lose your appetite. Six bank hold-ups in three months - not one of 'em solved. Now, to top things off, my favorite deputy, Clay McCord, was gettin' nowhere on a matter of murder.

• Marshal Simon Fry : [discussing a murdered man]  Where were the Bennetts when he got stabbed?... You didn't think to ask 'em!

  Clay McCord : What for? They didn't even know him!

  Marshal Simon Fry : Sometimes I think maybe you're a little young for this job.

  Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Why, the Bennett boys were the ones were playin' cards with, Simon. They're regular fellas.

  Marshal Simon Fry : Well, let's go talk to 'em.

  Clay McCord : What for?

  Marshal Simon Fry : For one thing, it's the only lead we got. For another, maybe one of 'em ain't so regular.

• Clay McCord : Can't win 'em all, you know. You gotta lose once in a while.

  Marshal Simon Fry : When it comes to murder, I'm the world's worst loser.

• Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Get anything out of the girls? They all give the Bennett boys the same alibi, huh? I'll go along with ya - one of those girls is lyin'.

  Marshal Simon Fry : They ain't lyin'. That's what's drivin' me out of my mind.

  Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : I can't keep up with you, Simon.

  Marshal Simon Fry : They ain't lyin' - I know it! How can all of their alibis be the truth when one of those boys is guilty. Terry's too dumb to lie - ain't that right?

  Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Well, if you're askin' me...

  Marshal Simon Fry : Suzy's too addled to think up a good lie let alone for them to trust her. Martha just ain't the type. I danced her in every direction; she came up the same every time.