“Del Rio was a town in trouble, a town with a gun at its back; plagued by crime that just wouldn't stop, and cursed with a Sheriff that wore black. So you would think they would be suspicious, but certain folks rarely are. They're willing to trust their law to just about any man who wears a star.”
Merle Haggard - Balladeer

“That's the trouble with lowlifes... they're unreliable.”
Bruce Dern - The Detective

“- Tim Cornell: You never trusted me before. You have to trust me now.
- Michael Bosworth: I blow her head off, Timmy.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Tim Cornell
Mickey Rourke - Michael Bosworth

“- George Halley: I don't trust any of my friends.
- Panama Smith: The feeling's mutual, George. They don't trust you either.”
Humphrey Bogart - George Hally
Gladys George - Panama Smith

“Another piece of motherly advice. Don't confide in your girlfriends. If you let them advise you, they will see to it, in the name of friendship, that you lose your husband and your home.”

Lucile Watson - Mrs. Morehead