Yancy Derringer (TV Series)

Longhair (1959)

Kevin Hagen: John Colton

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Captain Fry : There's the Sultana, Mr. Administrator.

  John Colton : Hmm, twenty minutes early.

  Captain Fry : Well, you know Mr. Derringer put a new boiler in her.

  John Colton : Captain Fry, I suspect she's faster not because of the new boiler, but because Captain Tom is anxious to get Custer off his hands and into mine.

• John Colton : Fighting besides you was an honor. Your bravery, your leadership on the battlefield were an inspiration to me, but those are not the reasons for your suspension and I won't help you.

• [last lines] 

  John Colton : You should feel proud, Yancy. You saved the life of...

  Yancy Derringer : Pahoo-Ke-Ta-Wah?

  John Colton : Well, I was going to say, "General George Armstrong Custer".

  Yancy Derringer : I wonder what fate we saved him for.

  [while menacing music plays, the camera goes into a close-up of the Indian Pahoo's face]