- [Longley is exonerated when the judge rules Crawford's death was justifiable homicide]
- Bill Longley: Thank you, Judge. I'll buy you a drink.
- Judge Whittaker: No, I'll buy you one. After you hear the rest of it, you're going to need one. According to the criminal code of the state of Montana - and they ought to do something about it - a man who kills another man in a fair fight must assume the debts and responsibilities of the loser. That includes taking care of the wife and all children until such time as the widow remarries.
- Bill Longley: That's a law?
- Judge Whittaker: Read the bad news for yourself.
- Judge Whittaker: Well, go ahead, but break it to her gently.
- Bill Longley: Mrs. Crawford, I, uh... You're the prettiest widow I've ever seen.
- Judge Whittaker: Since Mr. Longley is responsible for the demise of your husband, he's got to support you and yours until such time as you get married again.
- [Iris looks at Bill more closely]
- Iris Crawford: Well, now... My... He'll do.
- Bill Longley: Well, look, I got a wanderlust. I have to see what's on the other side of the hill... and you're not going to change my plans!
- Iris Crawford: I got some plans, too, and they sorta include you.
- Iris Crawford: I'm the kind of woman who wants the best man there is and who knows it when she sees him. Like you said, I'm a good-lookin' woman and the longer you're here, the better I'm going to look - especially with winter comin' on.
- Bill Longley: What's that got to do with it?
- Iris Crawford: During the winter we get snowed in, sometimes you can't leave the house for weeks.
- [Bill walks into a saloon where Jake Bricker is fighting four cowhands]
- Bill Longley: You married?
- Jake Bricker: No.
- Bill Longley: I'm on your side!