Tom Cloud: Alright Which... you just went on wages.
James Cloud: Why Tom, I dont want wages from you. I just want half the place

- Robert Preston (as James Cloud) in The Sundowners (1950)

Tom Cloud: I think you know who killed Juan.
Sheriff Elmer Gall: All right. It was you who horned into this valley when there wasn't room for you.
Tom Cloud: I made room - about fifteen mile!
Sheriff Elmer Gall: Yeah, and if you expect me to hold onto it for you, you can go rope a duck.
Tom Cloud: I don't expect anything from you. I came here to report a murder. And that's the last I'll hear of it.
Sheriff Elmer Gall: I'm not so sure. I'm getting pretty sick of the trouble you bring on.
Tom Cloud: Trouble? You don't know the meaning of the word.

- Robert Sterling (as Tom Cloud) in The Sundowners (1950)

Tom Cloud: When I get finish with the kid, I am comming for you.
James Cloud: You are?... Now how can I help you.
Tom Cloud: I don't care where you go, or what you do, but I'll find you.
James Cloud: Good luck.

- Robert Preston (as James Cloud) in The Sundowners (1950)

James Cloud: It's a lucky thing for you, I happened to be passing through.
Tom Cloud: And you are gonna to keep on passing through too.
James Cloud: Why you kill me if I don't?
Tom Cloud: You know... someday it might come to that.

- Robert Sterling (as Tom Cloud) in The Sundowners (1950)

James Cloud: Well come on Boyce, Did I kill Kid Amador or not?
Earl Boyce: Why?... Can't you remember?
James Cloud: It escapes me.

- Robert Preston (as James Cloud) in The Sundowners (1950)