Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series)

Man in the Box (1957)

Dale Robertson: Jim Hardie

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Quotes 

• [upon receiving an emergency telegram, Jim gives his stacks of poker chips to a beautiful saloon girl] 

  Jim Hardie : They're all yours, Dixie.

  Dixie : You're kidding! For what?

  Jim Hardie : For nothing - right now. But I'll think of somethin' before I get back.

• [first lines] 

  [a telegraph key rattles off a message] 

  Jim Hardie : Da-dot-da-dot-dot. There it goes again - the same old message I've received a hundred times. Jim Hardie - Washoe Hotel or Capitol Bar - Washoe, Nevada: report Benson Colfax immediately, Hopper. Never can you, will you or is it convenient or anything like that. No, just report. Now, pronto or quicker if possible. If I was lying in my coffin, I'd be expected to get up and report. That's the way Wells Fargo trained their men.

• Dixie : When are you going to stop playing around, Jim and settle down?

  Jim Hardie : Well, whenever you say the word. What are you drinkin'?

  Dixie : The usual.

  Jim Hardie : Two beers.

  Dixie : You know, I think you're a little bit too late, mister. I just got myself engaged while you were gone.

  Jim Hardie : You're kidding! You can't do that - it's not fair to all the customers.