Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series)

The Gold Witch (1962)

Whit Bissell: Charlie

Quotes 

• Jim Hardie : I would like to talk to you.

  Charlie : Sure, sure, what's on our mind.

  Jim Hardie : Your sudden talent for finding gold. What's it all about?

  Charlie : Well, I just started pokin' around in a section of Denning's mine and there she was, big as lightning.

  Jim Hardie : Just like that, huh?

  Charlie : Yeah, I guess you could call it real luck.

  Jim Hardie : Or a miracle. Denning poked around in that mine for months and couldn't find the lost vein. You, not even a miner, walked right in, walked right up to it.

  Charlie : Aw now, Jim, I know it's kind of hard to believe...

  Jim Hardie : You're right - it *is* hard to believe.

• [Jim and Jeb have just found Charlie in an alley badly beaten after he announced he's made a gold strike] 

  Sheriff Hal Humphrey : All right, Charley, I guess you're going to live. The Lord sure must love a man with a big mouth.

  Jim Hardie : Do you have any idea who did it?

  Charlie : Yeah, Hank Garrett. He was at me and at me all afternoon trying to get me to tell him where I found my gold. I guess he got a little impatient.

  Sheriff Hal Humphrey : If he got any more impatient, he'd have beat you to death.

• Arthur Reardon : Is this how you live? The place is not fit for rats!

  Charlie : Ah, it does me fine. A man like me don't need much. The only time I get me in trouble is when I let somebody tell me I need more than I got.

  Arthur Reardon : What does that mean?

  Charlie : I got hauled into an alley and beat up pretty good tonight playin' that silly gold mine game of yours.