- [first lines]
- Rod Blake: Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. Have you ever been a pigeon? Sure you have - and so have I. No, not that kind... and not this kind. These are trapshooting targets - clay pigeons. It takes all kinds of pigeons to make a world. We have several kinds in the case you'll see in a moment that we call "Nevada Boy, Pride and Joy".
- Rod Blake: You know, this could have been an accident.
- Colonel Greenlee: Certainly. That's why I haven't made any open accusations on the grounds that I have now. Neither do I want to be killed.
- Colonel Greenlee: This is Jenny Braeden, Miss Cottle, and my son, Hank.
- Nancy Cottle: Hello.
- Colonel Greenlee: Anything you want to see while you're in Nevada, Hank'll show it to you. He's a real son of Nevada, this boy.
- Hank Greenlee: His pride and joy.
- Colonel Greenlee: I don't deny it.
- Nancy Cottle: It's no wonder you don't deny it.
- Hank Greenlee: Jenny's pride and joy, too, I hope. We're engaged.
- Rod Blake: You didn't tell me who was on the other end of that shotgun.
- Colonel Greenlee: Jenny Braeden, my son's fiancee. I think Jenny intends to kill me.
- Rod Blake: I'll ask her.
- Colonel Greenlee: No! No! Good heavens, man! That's why I didn't tell Sheriff Anderson who I suspected. It would alienate my son forever if I made any such charge.
- Rod Blake: Have you been opposing the marriage?
- Colonel Greenlee: No! I gave them my blessing... Well, Hank's my pride and joy. He was born right her on this ranch. I don't suppose I would have thought anyone really good enough for him.
- Rod Blake: But you don't like Jenny Braeden?
- Colonel Greenlee: I do like her! Really! She was a secretary in my bank. She's a good girl, but, ah...
- Rod Blake: ...A secretary.
- Rod Blake: Well, don't make me sound more snobbish than I am.
- Rod Blake: It's all right, Colonel. Sheriff's bomb detail has that little gadget you rigged up. I just wanted to see your reaction to this. I promised Sheriff Anderson I'd bring you back with me.
- Colonel Greenlee: ...Will this jacket be all right?
- Rod Blake: ...That's just the thing.
- [last lines]
- Rod Blake: Jenny wasn't missing the tough ones anymore - and they wouldn't have father-in-law trouble for a long time. A year in a mental hospital and continued psychiatric treatment were conditions of Colonel Greenlee's probation.