Little man: What did you say your name was again?
Man with No Name: I didn’t. High Plains Drifter 1973 starring Clint Eastwood & Verna Bloom & Marianna Hill & Mitchell Ryan & Jack Ging & Ted Hartley & Billy Curtis & Dan Vadis & Geoffrey Lewis et al, director Clint Eastwood
Billy, he wasn’t a loved man, you know. And he didn’t have much personality. What he did have was all bad just bad. ibid. Sheriff
It’s what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid. ibid. Man with No Name
I never did know your name. ibid. little man
Hang him. Hang Em High 1968 starring Clint Eastwood & Inger Stevens & Ed Begley & Pat Hingle & Ben Johnson & Charles McGraw & Ruth White & Bruce Dern & Alan Hale & James Westerfield & Denis Hopper et al, director Ted Post, head of posse
You were a lawman in St Louis. A damned good one. ibid. Judge to Jed
Anything else I can do for you, Marshal? ibid. hotel woman to Jed
We all have our ghosts, Marshal. ibid.
There are times sitting up there in that judgment seat I had wished, I had prayed, that there were someone standing between me and God almighty, someone with the power to say you’re wrong. ibid. Judge to Jed
And behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death. Pale Rider 1985 starring Clint Eastwood & Michael Moriarty & Carrie Snodgress & Christopher Penn & Richard Dysart & Sydney Penny & Richard Kiel & Doug McGrath & Jeffrey Weissman & John Russell et al, director Clint Eastwood, Megan reading
You can’t serve God and mammon both. ibid. preacher to baddie
We know how to pull a damned trigger, don’t we? ibid. tenant
Only by standing together are you going to beat the hoods of the world. ibid. preacher
Who are you really? ibid. her to him
Give me the gun. True Grit 1969 starring John Wayne & Glen Campbell & Kim Darby & Robert Duvall & Jeff Corey & Dennis Hopper & Strother Martin & Ron Soble & John Fiedler et al, director Henry Hathaway, Frank Ross to Tom Chaney
Who knows what’s in a man’s heart? ibid. Mattie
Baby sister, I was born game and I intend to go out that way. ibid. Cockburn
Fill your hands, you son of a bitch! ibid. Cockburn
Come to see a fat old man, sometime. ibid. Cockburn
Don’t ever marry a Quaker. She’ll have you running a store. High Noon 1952 starring Grace Kelly & Gary Cooper & Lee Van Cleef & Thomas Mitchell & Lloyd Bridges & Katy Jurado & Otto Kruger & Lon Chaney & Ian McDonald & Sheb Wooley & Robert Wilke et al, director Fred Zinnemann, Will Kane to wedding party
I’ve got to go back, Amy. ibid. Will to Amy
Seems to me I’ve got to stay. ibid.
You don’t have to be a hero, not for me. ibid. Amy to Will
There’s plenty people around here think he’s got a comeuppance coming. ibid. hotel guy to Amy
They’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight. ibid. bloke in bar to Ben
I need deputies; I’ll take all I can get. ibid. Will in bar
The most un-American thing I’ve ever seen in my whole life. John Wayne, re High Noon
You can’t help but compare yourself against the old-timers. No Country for Old Men 2007 starring Josh Brolin & Tommy Lee Jones & Javier Bardem & Kelly Macdonald & Tess Harper & Woody Harrelson & Stephen Root & Barry Corbin, directors Coen brothers, opening commentary
Sounds like these old boys died of natural causes. Natural to the line of work they was in. ibid. Sheriff
Are we going to get rich, pa? Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era Una Volta Il West] 1968 starring Henry Fonda & Charles Bronson & Claudia Cardinale & Jason Robards & Gabriele Gerzetti & Paolo Stoppa & Woody Strode & Jack Elam & Keenan Wynn & Frank Wolff & Lionel Stander, director Sergio Leone, daughter
I saw three of these dusters a short time ago; they were waiting for a train. Inside the dusters there were three men. Inside the men there were three bullets. ibid. Harmonica to men
He not only plays he can shoot too. ibid. cowboy to cowboy
The end of the line. ibid. Frank to Harmonica
The only water for fifty miles west of Flagstone is right here under this land. ibid. Harmonica to Cheyenne
People like that have something inside. Something to do with death. ibid. Cheyenne to Mrs McBain
Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’, boy. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 starring Clint Eastwood & Chief Dan George & Sondra Locke & Bill McKinney & John Vernon & Paula Trueman & Sam Bottoms & Geraldine Keams & Woodrow Parfrey & Joyce Jameson et al, director Clint Eastwood, Josey to bounty hunter
Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ’Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. ibid. Josey
It’s living that’s hard. ibid. Josey
True religion is now a thing of the past. The Magnificent Seven 1960 starring Steve McQueen & Yul Brynner & Charles Bronson & Robert Vaughn & Brad Dexter & Eli Wallach & Horst Buchholz & Vladimir Sokoloff et al, director John Sturges, Calvera
Fight. You must fight. ibid. old man
We ain’t heading for a church social. ibid. Brynner
What else is there to do but wait? ibid. Mexican
We lost; we’ll always lose. ibid.
Where’s Doc Holliday? Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 starring Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas & Dennis Hopper & Rhonda Fleming & Jo van Fleet & John Ireland & Lyle Bettger & Frank Faylen & Earl Holliman & Ted de Corsia & Whit Bissell et al, director John Sturgess, opening scene
You are dirt just like me. ibid. her to him
You act as if you want to get killed. ibid. bloke to Wyatt Earp
It’s always a mess after a killing. ibid. bloke
I sure messed everything up real good, ain’t I? I wanted you back. Because I love you. ibid. her to him
Don’t do it, Billy. Give yourself a chance to live. ibid. Earp
You and I – we don’t matter, Kate. We haven’t mattered since the day we were born. ibid. him to her
Good afternoon, gentlemen. What’s the name of this game? ibid. Doc