Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Richard Widmark: Marshal Frank Patch
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Quotes
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Wil Oxley : Why did my father kill himself?
Marshal Frank Patch : I don't know, son.
Wil Oxley : Tell me! Tell me!
Marshal Frank Patch : A long time ago, a man was killed... shot in the back.
Wil Oxley : My father did it?
Marshal Frank Patch : Nobody knew for sure who did it.
Wil Oxley : You knew. Why didn't he hang?
Marshal Frank Patch : There was nothing to be gained by hanging. The dead man had a child - a son. Your father agreed to raise him as his own.
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Claire Quintana : You mean that, didn't you?
Marshal Frank Patch : Mean what?
Claire Quintana : About marrying me.
Marshal Frank Patch : Yeah.
Claire Quintana : When, Frank?
Marshal Frank Patch : Right now.
Claire Quintana : Can a bride have an hour to get ready?
Marshal Frank Patch : It'll take you that long?
Claire Quintana : Uh-huh.
Marshal Frank Patch : Well, all right, but hurry up.
Claire Quintana : Frank?
Marshal Frank Patch : Yeah?
Claire Quintana : What about the preacher? He might want to be in on this.
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Marshal Frank Patch : Do you want to know something, Dan?
Dan Joslin : What?
Marshal Frank Patch : You're a bad liar. If you want to succeed in this world, you got to learn to be a good liar.