Alfred Ryder credited as playing...
Goudy
- Goudy: I believe you testified that you backed away from old man Wharton?
- Rooster Cogburn: Yes, sir.
- Goudy: Which direction were you going?
- Rooster Cogburn: Backward. I always go backward when I'm backin' away.
- Goudy: Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand?
- Rooster Cogburn: I always try to be ready.
- Goudy: Was this revolver loaded and cocked?
- Rooster Cogburn: Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'.
- Goudy: [cross-examining Rooster] How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?
- Rooster Cogburn: I never shot nobody I didn't have to.
- Goudy: That was not the question. How many?
- Rooster Cogburn: Uh... shot or killed?
- Goudy: Oh, let's restrict it to "killed" so we may have a manageable figure.