Gunsmoke (1953)
Audie Murphy: Reb Kittredge
Quotes
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Bartender : I've seen a man take two drinks of that stuff and go out and hunt bear with a willow switch.
Reb Kittredge : What did he want the switch for?
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Cora Dufrayne : Say when.
Reb Kittredge : Pour until your fingers get wet.
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Reb Kittredge : I guess that squares us, Johnny.
Johnny Lake : I'm glad to hear it, Reb. I never did like to shoot my friends.
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Reb Kittredge : The last time I saw you, you was down in Denver. Why did you leave?
Cora Dufrayne : Why did you?
Reb Kittredge : I had a reason.
Cora Dufrayne : You had twelve reasons... each one of 'em had a gun in his hand. I understand you got run out of Wyoming, too.
Reb Kittredge : Yeah.
Cora Dufrayne : Well, you've got a pretty good record. Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming...
Reb Kittredge : I'm young yet.
Cora Dufrayne : You've run out of states, too.
Reb Kittredge : I understand there's lots of room left in Canada.
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Reb Kittredge : Place a man can bed down for the night?
Hotel clerk : I'll t-tell you Mr. Kittredge, there's a real nice hotel right down the street. Probably you'd like it a lot better down there.
Reb Kittredge : Why?
Hotel clerk : We, uh, we've got mice.
Reb Kittredge : I won't bother them.
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Reb Kittredge : Are you in love with Curly?
Rita : He wants to marry me.
Reb Kittredge : That's not what I asked you.
Rita : I don't know why that would interest you.
Reb Kittredge : I don't want to stake my claim on range that's already taken up.
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[Curly and Reb have a final confrontation]
Reb Kittredge : Then get out of camp!
Curly Mather : I'll leave when I'm ready.
Reb Kittredge : You'll leave right now!
Curly Mather : I reckon that's a choice I'll make for myself.
Reb Kittredge : The only choice you've got is how you'll go -- either riding on a horse or feet first.
Curly Mather : You've been twirling a pretty big rope ever since you came here. Maybe it's time someone took the slack out of your rope.
Reb Kittredge : Anytime you're ready.
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Reb Kittredge : Did you ever think of settling down in one place, Johnny?
Johnny Lake : Yeah, I did settle down once.
Reb Kittredge : What happened?
Johnny Lake : They forgot to lock the cell one night.
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Reb Kittredge : How's he paying ya?
Johnny Lake : A thousand cash... $2500 bonus when the job is done.
Reb Kittredge : Meaning when you shoot me.
Johnny Lake : I think your name got mentioned somewhere.
Reb Kittredge : Well, I've been shot at for less.
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[After Reb's horse is shot, he hitches a ride on a stagecoach with a pretty, but aloof, passenger]
Reb Kittredge : I ran into a little trouble this morning. I had to leave my horse back up the trail.
Rita : If I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, I'd say you still had him with you.
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Curly Mather : You're pretty tough with that gun strapped around your waist. I wonder how tough you'd be without it.
Reb Kittredge : You ain't never going to find out, Curly. I'm never going to take it off.
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Reb Kittredge : [Kittredge is shaving when someone knocks, he draws his gun, Rita enters] Well... you're in the wrong room, aren't you?
Rita : You can put the gun away, I'm not dangerous.
Reb Kittredge : [looks Rita up and down] You could be... you got the right equipment for it.
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Dan Saxon : Got a little proposition for ya.
Reb Kittredge : Your daughter already made me one. Offhand I'd say she's got more to offer than you have.
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Bartender : What'll it be?
Reb Kittredge : Whiskey.
Bartender : You want to drink it or throw it at somebody?
Reb Kittredge : What I really wanted it for was to kindle a fire.
Bartender : We got that kind, too.