Bob Dennis: I'm sick of these two-bit towns. What's wrong with a place like Abilene for instance?
Alvin Dennis: Everything, as far as we're concerned.
Bob Dennis: They're bound to have a lot of cash on hand. They've got to pay off the trail drives.
Alvin Dennis: That's just it. Where's there's a lot of cash, there's a lot of guns.
Bob Dennis: We're not exactly amateurs.
Alvin Dennis: That's why we're alive. And we'll stay that way as long as we stick to the small towns.


--John Pickard (as ) in At Gunpoint

Hank: I hate to ask favors of anyone I like, but now I've got to.


--John Pickard (as ) in Flight to Tangier

[first lines]
[Bob Dennis is practicing aiming and firing his gun]
Alvin Dennis: You're sure itchin' to use that thing again, ain't ya?
Bob Dennis: Never hurts to be ready.
Alvin Dennis: You're always ready. Put it away.
Bob Dennis: You're nervous, huh?
Alvin Dennis: Yeah, well, I wouldn't be if it wasn't for you.


--John Pickard (as ) in At Gunpoint

[first lines]
Frank Ross: Little Frank... You take care of your mama.
Little Frank: I will.


--John Pickard (as Frank Ross) in True Grit