Vigilante Force (1976)
Brad Dexter: Mayor Bradford
Quotes
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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.
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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?
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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.