Joe: It's kind of sad to see the country grow up, ain't it? People like you and me just ain't gonna know how to live in a place where killin' is illegal.

- Earl Holliman in Devil's Canyon (1953)

Virgil Gates: You know, that's pretty good stew as stew goes around here. Of course, I wish old Cookie would stay out of it with his feet when he's mixin' it up.

- Whit Bissell in Devil's Canyon (1953)

Jessie Gorman: If they make any noise, blast 'em!

- Stephen McNally in Devil's Canyon (1953)

Ed, the Sheriff: I think it was them easterners on the jury. They don't care what the custom was before; they just want the gunfights to stop now.
Billy Reynolds: So they turned a page of their calendar over on me, huh?
Ed, the Sheriff: Well, it's progress I guess you'd call it.

- Morris Ankrum in Devil's Canyon (1953)

Abby Nixon: Do you still feel the weight of that tin star on your shirt?

- Virginia Mayo in Devil's Canyon (1953)