Tombstone Territory (TV Series)

Marked for Murder (1959)

Richard Eastham: Harris Claibourne, Narrator

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• [first lines] 

  Harris Claibourne : [narrating]  Tombstone, Arizona Territory: June 6, 1882. The West spawned many different types of men and one of the most dangerous was Whit Purcell.

• [Clay spots Whit Purcell in front of the general store] 

  Harris Claibourne : What's wrong?

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : A vulture just rode into town.

  Harris Claibourne : Him? Are you joking? That's about the mildest looking man I've ever seen. He's not even wearing a gun!

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : Whit Purcell does his killing without one. He's what you might call a killer's agent. He makes his living by arranging for murders.

• Sheriff Clay Hollister : You act like what I told you's a joke! Now will you stay away from Purcell?

  Harris Claibourne : Well, you act like it was my fault! I was standing there. He came up to talk to me! I figured I'd let him talk.

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : And a couple of seconds later, that skinny gunhawk showed up, is that right?

  Harris Claibourne : Yeah. It all started out of practically nothing.

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : Unh-uh. That's where you're wrong. That whole fight was planned down to the last detail. About two seconds more and you'd have been nothing but an obituary notice in your own newspaper! That fellow you had the run-in with? That's Stu Regan.

• Sheriff Clay Hollister : At least you know it's you they're out to get. Most of Regan's victims don't even have that priviledge.

  Harris Claibourne : I don't feel so honored.

• [Clay picks up Harris' hat] 

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : I wonder how this would look on me?

  Harris Claibourne : This is a fine time to be talking about haberdashery.

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : You know what they say: clothes make the man.

• [Clay tries on Harris' hat and coat] 

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : How does it look?

  Harris Claibourne : Like a newspaper editor who's about to be shot.

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : Good. Let's hope Regan thinks the same way.

• [last lines] 

  Harris Claibourne : You are Martin Conners, aren't you? Why did you want to have me killed?

  Martin Ramsey : Well, I was afraid you'd recognize me.

  Harris Claibourne : As far as I'm concerned, you paid for your crime. You went to prison. I had no reason to expose you.

  Martin Ramsey : You mean, you didn't know I escaped?

  Sheriff Clay Hollister : We do now. Let's go.