The Best Ward Gillis Quotes

Reverend: [catching Joe digging up the grave they buried the previous day] Hold it right there, Mister! Now, drop the shovel... and turn around real slow.
[Joe faces Walker and Gillis]
Reverend: You were warned to leave town.
Ward: You ain't very smart, Mister.
Reverend: See if he's got a gun.
[Gillis hands Walker the rifle he's holding and finds Joe's gun]
Reverend: Can you think of any reason why we shouldn't shoot you? Grave robber.
Joe: I wasn't planning to rob it, just open it.
Reverend: Why?
Joe: Curiosity.
Ward: Just who are you?
Joe: A private detective.
Reverend: Who hired you?
Joe: Mark Slocum's wife is worried about him. Afraid his plane may have crashed.
Reverend: Well, what makes you think that Mark Slocum is here in Gopher Flats?
Joe: Because Jeb Carter isn't.
[Gillis cocks Joe's gun]
Joe: I wouldn't pull that trigger. You don't think I'd come up here without some backup muscle? You'll never get away with it.
Ward: What if we try?
Joe: You'd be making a big mistake. You're not in any real trouble yet. Not murder, anyway, the way I figure it. Now, why don't you tell me exactly what happened? Maybe I can help you figure a way out of it.
Ward: Mister, you ain't gonna live long enough to help anybody.
[a gunshot fires; Joe pushes Walker and Gillis to ground and flees]