The Texan (TV Series)

The Widow of Paradise (1958)

Rory Calhoun: Bill Longley

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Quotes 

• Bill Longley : Look, mister, I don't know you; you don't know me. Now let's leave it that way.

• [Longley is exonerated when the judge rules Crawford's death was justifiable homicide] 

  Bill Longley : Thank you, Judge. I'll buy you a drink.

  Judge Whittaker : No, I'll buy you one. After you hear the rest of it, you're going to need one. According to the criminal code of the state of Montana - and they ought to do something about it - a man who kills another man in a fair fight must assume the debts and responsibilities of the loser. That includes taking care of the wife and all children until such time as the widow remarries.

  Bill Longley : That's a law?

  Judge Whittaker : Read the bad news for yourself.

• Judge Whittaker : Well, go ahead, but break it to her gently.

  Bill Longley : Mrs. Crawford, I, uh... You're the prettiest widow I've ever seen.

• Bill Longley : Well, look, I got a wanderlust. I have to see what's on the other side of the hill... and you're not going to change my plans!

  Iris Crawford : I got some plans, too, and they sorta include you.

• Iris Crawford : I'm the kind of woman who wants the best man there is and who knows it when she sees him. Like you said, I'm a good-lookin' woman and the longer you're here, the better I'm going to look - especially with winter comin' on.

  Bill Longley : What's that got to do with it?

  Iris Crawford : During the winter we get snowed in, sometimes you can't leave the house for weeks.

• [Bill walks into a saloon where Jake Bricker is fighting four cowhands] 

  Bill Longley : You married?

  Jake Bricker : No.

  Bill Longley : I'm on your side!