Yancy Derringer (TV Series)

Return to New Orleans (1958)

Kevin Hagen: John Colton

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Quotes 

• John Colton : If you accepted my military escort, this wouldn't have happened.

  Amanda Eaton : Let me go!

  John Colton : Do you understand now?

  Yancy Derringer : Ah, yes. My lady love here wanted to be a two-time widow without having been a one-time wife.

• John Colton : Since becoming administrator of this city, I've come across a very astonishing fact. From the highest to the lowest places - particularly the lowest - your name is being spoken with the greatest respect.

  Yancy Derringer : Well, I've been around the track.

  John Colton : I want you to work for me.

  Yancy Derringer : I'm a rebel, Mr. Colton.

  John Colton : Ex-rebel. The war is over, Mr. Derringer, and these are hard times. New Orleans has become a treasure chest. The fortune hunters of the world are here. I want a man who loves this city, loves the South, who'll work without pay, without portfolio, without protection, as my personal agent.

  Yancy Derringer : Sounds like absolutely nothing.

  John Colton : I want an angel, a black angel, who'll be on the inside before something happens, a man who'll do anything for law and order, anything and get away with it, because if that man were ever caught, Mr. Derringer, I might be compelled to hang him.

  Yancy Derringer : Charming proposition.

• John Colton : Where on earth did you find that Indian?

  Yancy Derringer : Oh, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah? You see, he saved my life once. That means he went against fate, therefore he's responsible for my life from now on.

  John Colton : Well, that should keep him pretty busy if you accept my offer.

• Yancy Derringer : What you want is a rake, a rogue, a scoundrel, a gentleman, a smuggler, a gambler and a fool.

  John Colton : Well, Mr. Derringer?

  Yancy Derringer : Well, Mr. Colton, I guess I'm your huckleberry.

• [last lines] 

  John Colton : To the South, Mr. Derringer.

  Yancy Derringer : No, Mr. Colton, to the Union.