The Deputy (TV Series)

Queen Bea (1960)

Allen Case: Deputy Clay McCord

Quotes 

• Clay McCord : No, no, no. I'll say it Spanish - "No." I'll whistle it if I have to.

• Fran McCord : Mr. Fry gone already?

  Clay McCord : He's gone.

  Fran McCord : He'll be back.

  Clay McCord : No he won't, Sis. He knows I refuse to be tricked.

  Fran McCord : He's probably hooked you again and you don't even know it.

• Fran McCord : That Mr. Rickert. I'm goin' to punch him in the nose!

  Clay McCord : Whoa, now. Just because he's our competitor...

  Fran McCord : Well, I am!

  Clay McCord : Now, Sis, I'll let you boss me in almost anything, but when it comes to nose-punchin', I'll do it.

• Herk Lamson : You better start packin' again.

  Clay McCord : Why? 'Cause of Fletcher?

  Herk Lamson : No, that other fella. I saw the way he looked at you when you moved in on the lady. There was murder in those eyes - yours!

• Herk Lamson : How's Fran takin' it?

  Clay McCord : Oh, she claims she likes it over the hotel, social and all, but I'll be glad when it's all over and I can ease her mind.

  Herk Lamson : About not selling the store?

  Clay McCord : No, about me courtin' Miss Vale! She's buildin' up a real thunderhead. Just between you and me, I don't want to be around when the storm breaks.

• [Fran jumps to Clay's aid when Bea draws a derringer and points it at him during a fight] 

  Clay McCord : Hey hey hey hey hey! It's finished!

  Fran McCord : You mean I can't finish my fight?

  Clay McCord : It's finished, it's finished. We'll be back tendin' store tomorrow, Sis.

• [referring to Marshal Fry] 

  Clay McCord : How does he always get the best of me?

  Fran McCord : He cheats.

• Clay McCord : Goodbye, Herk.

  Herk Lamson : Goodbye and consider yourself unswore.

  [Clay leaves Herk's office] 

  Herk Lamson : ...Until the next time.