Yancy Derringer (TV Series)
The Gun That Murdered Lincoln (1959)
Jock Mahoney: Yancy Derringer
Quotes
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Yancey Derringer : I wouldn't stand to close to me tonight. I'm strictly hard luck - it might rub off.
Captain Amos Fry : It already has.
Yancey Derringer : Are you losing, too?
Captain Amos Fry : No, I have orders to place you under arrest.
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Yancey Derringer : Mr. Colton, come on in, sit down. There isn't much of a view, but the rats are friendly.
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John Colton : The gun that murdered Lincoln...
Yancey Derringer : ...was a .44 calibre single-shot muzzle loading deringer made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It's spelled with one "R" - my name is spelled with two. No relation.
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John Colton : Did you ever own such a gun?
Yancey Derringer : Yes, two.
John Colton : I see. You'd better tell me about it.
Yancey Derringer : It was a present from my daddy before the war. It was a birthday present. He sent to Philadelphia for them. He said that no well-dressed poker player could fill a flush without them.
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Yancey Derringer : I was in and out of Southern Maryland from '63 on, the same time that Booth was there.
John Colton : Then Yardley has a beautiful circumstantial case against you.
Yancey Derringer : It's true, but I have one thing in my favor.
John Colton : What?
Yancey Derringer : You.
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Madame Francine : Is there any more trouble you can get into?
Yancey Derringer : Francine, from now on, it's trouble I want to get out of, believe me.
Madame Francine : I wouldn't believe you if you swore on a poker deck.
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[last lines]
John Colton : But how did you know?
Yancey Derringer : His voice.
John Colton : Just that?
Yancey Derringer : Mr. Colton, when you're behind enemy lines meeting a spy in the dark, one thing that you never forget is his voice.
John Colton : I don't think he'll forget yours, either.
Madame Francine : Gentlemen, the drinks are on me.
John Colton : Captain Fry, get that man to a hospital - a military hospital.