Storm Warning (1950)

Robert B. Williams: Sheriff Art Jaeger

Quotes 

• Sheriff Art Jaeger : It was the Klan. What about it?

  Burt Rainey : Well, a man got killed. Something's got to be done about it.

  Sheriff Art Jaeger : All right, tell me what. l'll do what you say. That's what l'm here for. You wanna start naming names, Mr. Rainey? l'll pull them in, if you name 'em.

  Burt Rainey : That's not good enough, Art.

  Sheriff Art Jaeger : Well, that's all there is. I take orders. You give me an order, l'll do it. You know anybody in Rock Point who will go to the inquest for you and testify against the Klan? Tell me, and l'll bring 'em in. If you don't, and you don't, stop kicking my men around for not doing what you can't do yourself.

  Burt Rainey : I know. But every time someone from New York, Washington, or points north, starts poking his nose in our affairs, we holler foul. Well, if we don't want the meddling, one of these days we're gonna have to start cleaning up our own messes. You and me. All of us.

• Sheriff Art Jaeger : How far did you get eight months ago with that lynching?

  Burt Rainey : About as far as l'll get with this one.