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All you’ve got is the word of a fool dog. It’s been my experience that a bloodhound is the foolishest dog that is. I don’t remember of anybody ever keeping a bloodhound for a yard dog. They’re such dad blasted fools.
- John Ford, Laurence Stallings
Attribution: Laurence Stallings (1894–1968), U.S. screenwriter, and John Ford. Judge William Pitman Priest (Charles Winniger), The Sun Shines Bright, commenting on the stupidity of bloodhounds, after one corners a young black boy, providing the only evidence that links him to the rape of a white girl (1953). Based on stories “The Sun Shines Bright,” “The Mob from Massac,” “The Lord Provides” by Irwin S. Cobb.
Categories: Dogs, Screenwriter
