Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Jock Mahoney: Jim Trask

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• Verne Ward : You know the trouble with this business is it makes a man old before his time. You know I never did hear of a sheriff living to be a ripe old age, did you?

  Jim Trask : Sure. Ed Murdock. They didn't shoot him until he was 38.

  Verne Ward : Probably lied about his age.

• Verne Ward : Claudius don't bluff. He's the fastest man with a gun I've ever seen.

  Jim Trask : Give me the gun.

  [Verne hands him his own gun] 

  Jim Trask : No, that one.

  Verne Ward : As long as you're gettin' around to doin' some shooting you might as well have a gun with bullets in it.

  Jim Trask : I've got bullets.

  [Jim takes the gun that they recovered from Dave Mosely] 

  Verne Ward : Think you'll be able to use it?

  Jim Trask : How long have you known?

  Verne Ward : Ever since I first heard you talking in your sleep.

  [Jim walks away and mounts his horse] 

  Verne Ward : You better make up your mind by the time you meet Claudius. He'll give you no chance to change it. Good luck.

  Jim Trask : Thanks.