- [Sheriff Tige prevents Jim from being bushwhacked]
- Jim Hardie: How'd you happen to spot him?
- Sheriff Ed Tige: I've been tryin' to keep an eye on you.
- Jim Hardie: I thought I told you...
- Sheriff Ed Tige: You can't see out of the back of your head, now, can you?
- Jim Hardie: No. No, I never have been able to.
- [discussing John Wesley Hardin]
- Sheriff Ed Tige: But you know his reputation, Jim. People say he's killed 35 men.
- Jim Hardie: Yeah - not countin' Indians.