And what you need in these parts, is a marshal that's better at smellin' than spellin'.
6 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Folks, it's true. I don't know much about the law. Ain't had much book-learnin'.
- But the good lord gave me a nose for smellin' a horse thief a mile off.
- And what you need in these parts, is a marshal that's better at smellin' than spellin'.
- Mr. Cantrell here says that I'm honest, that I ain't afraid of nothin'.
- He didn't say I was too dumb for this job, but that's what he meant.
- I'm dumb enough to think that smart marshals do their shooting' first, their talkin' afterward.
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Actors: Claire Trevor (Mary McCloud), John Wayne (Bob Seton), Walter Pidgeon (Will Cantrell), George "Gabby" Hayes (Doc), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Cantrell), Roy Rogers (Fletch)
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