Lawman (1958)

Exchange between Lily and Dan: "Dan, you mustn't go through with this." "Do you have any suggestions on how I'm to get out of it?" "But it's stupid!" "That's right, it is stupid. But it's how we live." "It's how we die!" she cried, looked up at him, and said quietly, "I'm sorry...But, why?" "I don't know, Lily, but it's what I'm paid for." "To put your life on a block so that he?...I'm sorry..." At that, he touches her shoulder, and she throws herself into his arms and tries not to sob. He just stands there a minute, then says, "You give up on me awful easily." She looks up at him, obviously in love with this man. "No, I don't. You can handle him." He squeezes her shoulder and leaves. Then she puts her head back on the door and cries to herself, "Oh, Dan..."