The Fugitive Kind (1960)

R.G. Armstrong: Sheriff Jordan Talbot

Quotes 

• Sheriff Jordan Talbot : Who's the boy you got sleepin' down there now?

  Vee Talbot : Mr. Xavier. His car broke down. He's a musician.

  Sheriff Jordan Talbot : Yeah, I'm sick of you makin' a fool of yourself over every stray tramp that wanders into this county.

  [disgustedly] 

  Sheriff Jordan Talbot : A musician!

• Sheriff Jordan Talbot : What's that boy's name again?

  Vee Talbot : Xavier, Valentine Xavier.

• Sheriff Jordan Talbot : I heard you were good-looking. And sales have been pickin' up since you took over down there, boy.

  Valentine Xavier : Yeah, business has been pretty good.

  Sheriff Jordan Talbot : I bet most of this lively new business comes from women, don't it? The older ones? Older ones are buyers. They got the money, Jordan. They sweat it out of their husbands and - throw it away.

  Sheriff Jordan Talbot : Doggone it, if that ain't the truth.

• Sheriff Jordan Talbot : Stand back under that light. I wanna look at you while I run through some photos of men wanted.

  Valentine Xavier : I'm not wanted.

  Sheriff Jordan Talbot : A good-looking boy like you is always wanted.

• Sheriff Jordan Talbot : All right, boy, I ain't gonna touch your guitar. I'm gonna tell you something. There's a certain county I know of that's got a big sign that says: "N, don't let the sun go down on you in this county. " And that's all it says. It don't threaten nothing. It just says, "N, don't let the sun go down on you in this county." Well, son. You ain't that n. This ain't that county. But I want you to just imagine that you seen a big sign that said to you: Boy, don't let the sun rise on you in this county. I said rise, not go down. Because it's too close to sunset for you to get packed and move on before that. And I think if you value your safety here you'll simplify my job by not allowing the sun tomorrow to rise on you in this county. Now, you understand, don't you, boy? I hope so. 'Cause I don't like violence.