The Deputy (TV Series)
Lawman's Conscience (1961)
Read Morgan: Sergeant Hapgood Tasker
Quotes
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[Sarge give Clay a copy of Albee's trial records]
Clay McCord : Well, I know all this. How come you want me to read it through?
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Find anything in there to make you doubt Albee Beckett was the killer?
Clay McCord : No.
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Good! Then the two days it took me to ride to Hondo, go to the courthouse and bring that back here wasn't wasted.
Clay McCord : I'm afraid it is, considerin' Rufus Hayden's confession.
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Who said Hayden wasn't lyin'?
Clay McCord : On his deathbed, Sarge? He'd have to have an awful powerful reason for that.
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Clay, if you started actin' like a lawman instead of a wounded buffalo, why you might find a reason.
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Clay McCord : Now I know what a military secret is.
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : What?
Clay McCord : It's something a military man keeps to himself until it's almost too late to do anybody any good.
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[When Albee turns on his partner, Sarge knocks him out the butt of his pistol]
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker : Eh, he'll sleep better, Clay.
Clay McCord : So will I, Sarge, so will I.