Santa Fe Stampede (1938)

Stony Brooke: Just a minute! What kind of farce do you call this?
Mayor Gil Byron: Don't you approve of the way we hold court?
Stony Brooke: This isn't a court, it's a three-ring circus.
Judge Henry J. Hixon: Careful, young man...
Stony Brooke: Of what? You're sworn to uphold the laws of this territory and what do yo do? Jump like a rabbit every time he cracks a whip.
Judge Henry J. Hixon: One more word from you and I'll fine you for contempt!
Stony Brooke: Word fail to express my contempt for this court.

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Mayor Gil Byron: Just a minute, Brooke. You've been through a terrible ordeal. I can promise you that every man responsible will be punished before I'm through.
Stony Brooke: You're through right now.

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Tucson Smith: You better hit the hay, Romeo. You and Dave got a long ride ahead of you tomorrow.
Nancy Carson: Where?
Stony Brooke: We're taking the petition to Governor White.
Nancy Carson: Oh.
Stony Brooke: How about you going in my place tomorrow?
Tucson Smith: [looking at Nancy] Oh, no. I'm going to stay here and watch the mine.
Stony Brooke: Well, be sure its the mine you look after.

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According to the American Movie Channel, this was the first Hollywood film where the villain murders a child.
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