Stagecoach West (TV Series)

The Big Gun (1961)

DeForest Kelley: Lt. Clarke

Quotes 

• Big Jim : Say, Clarke, when you were in the army, did you ever fire one of them Gatling guns?

  Lt. Clarke : Yes, as a matter of fact I did. It was quite an interesting experience. I was in command of a patrol sent out to discipline a band of troublesome Indians. We trailed them and finally trapped the lot of 'em in a box canyon. I remember there were several families of them - men, women, children - and I had the Gatling gun set up at the canyon entrance... and I operated it myself.

  Jojo : And what happened?

  Lt. Clarke : A Gatling gun is an excellent instrument of discipline.

• [reading a poster] 

  Fritz : "Notice: Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, has been executed and Juarez declared President of Mexico". Well, it looks like we're out of a job.

  Lt. Clarke : Fortunes of war. Well, it's a wise thing when you lose one job to start looking for another.

  [reading sign over a miner's exchange] 

  Lt. Clarke : Gold and silver deposits banked here.

  Fritz : Did I ever tell you I could open the combination of any safe or vault in less than two minutes time?

  Lt. Clarke : No, that's one of your talents that you failed to mention. Perhaps we'll be able to utilize it.