Branded (TV Series)

The Richest Man in Boot Hill (1965)

J. Pat O'Malley: Rufus I. Pitkin

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• Rufus I. Pitkin : Graveside service at dawn. I always keep a grave or two for unexpected jobs. Just the Slaters will be there. It'll just be a simple eulogy, no music.

  Jason McCord : The Slaters will be there?

  Rufus I. Pitkin : Yeah.

  Jason McCord : Good. Then here's my suggestion.

• Jason McCord : Slater? Wasn't he related to the man who was supposed to be in here?

  Rufus I. Pitkin : Yeah.

  Jason McCord : Now I'm beginning to get the picture. This is a well-planned robbery by the bereaved ones and I think you and I helped them pull it off.

  Rufus I. Pitkin : We did?

• Rufus I. Pitkin : They look so natural in there, it's a shame to take them out.

• Rufus I. Pitkin : Now will you all please bow your heads. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to pay our last respects to one we held close. His laughter was like a tinkle of a silver bell, his smile as bright as gold.

• Rufus I. Pitkin : You know, Jason, sometimes I have a feeling, the sun is shining every place else and it's only raining on me. And then, sometimes, all in one day I meet up with an old limey friend like you, and a money-making cold stranger, like him.

• Jason McCord : Can we go a little faster?

  Rufus I. Pitkin : No, I don't want to jiggle him around. See, this is one of them closed coffin jobs. I promised not to open the box, but I got my professional pride and I want to keep him nice and neat, even if nobody ever sees him again. I mean, how would you feel if I did a sloppy job on you?

  Jason McCord : I'd demand my money back.

• Rufus I. Pitkin : It's a secret but everybody in town knows it.

  Jason McCord : It's a secret but everybody in town knows it. Ha, ha, ha.

  Rufus I. Pitkin : Well, the Sheriff let it out in the saloon the other night. The whiskey kinda stampeded his mouth. It's a gold shipment!

• Rufus I. Pitkin : I can fix it. I've got some embalming fluid that's a miracle. I once had a client shot full of holes. I spilt some of this on him and he healed right up overnight.

  Jason McCord : Thanks. But I'll take him to the livery stable.