The Deputy (TV Series)
Sally Tornado (1960)
Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord
Quotes
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Clay McCord : I was raised in an orphanage along with a lot of other kids without a name. Sally Tornado - you know how I got that name? By fightin'! I was a scrawny little kid, so I didn't get enough to eat until I was twelve. I used to fight everything and everybody. It took me a long time to figure how to get things in this world.
Sally Tornado : By stealin' and killin'?
Clay McCord : That's better than askin' for it and havin' people say "No".
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[last lines]
Clay McCord : Hope you ain't too disappointed about her missin' the hangin'.
Marshal Simon Fry : Can't say I am.
Clay McCord : 'Cause if you wanted her to be there for sure you could have taken her yourself.
Marshal Simon Fry : I had to go to Tucson.
Clay McCord : Yeah.
Marshal Simon Fry : I didn't want to see her hang any more than you did, Clay. I went to Tucson to plead with the Territorial Commissioner. I asked him to spare her life.
Clay McCord : What'd he say?
Marshal Simon Fry : Commutation was granted. Sentence was changed to life imprisonment. So, you see, she wouldn't have hanged anyway.
Clay McCord : Still, it's better this way, Simon. Sally Tornado locked up in prison for the rest of her life... she'd have died more than once. It's better this way - a lot better.