If he’d just pay me what he’s spending to make me stop robbing him, I'd stop robbing him. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 1969 starring Robert Redford & Paul Newman & Katharine Ross & Strother Martin & Henry Jones & Jeff Corey & George Furth & Cloris Leachman & Ted Cassidy & Kenneth Mars et al, director George Roy Hill, Butch
[Butch throws bicycle away] The future’s all yours, you lousy bicycles. ibid.
Butch: Do you believe I’m broke already?
Etta: Why is there never any money, Butch?
Butch: Well, I swear, Etta, I don’t know. I’ve been working like a dog all my life and I can’t get a penny ahead.
Etta: Sundance says it’s because you’re a soft touch, and always taking expensive vacations, and buying drinks for everyone, and you’re a rotten gambler.
Butch: Well that might have something to do with it. ibid.
You know, you should have let yourself get killed a long time ago when you had the chance. See, you may be the biggest thing that ever hit this area, but you’re still two-bit outlaws. I never met a soul more affable than you, Butch, or faster than the Kid, but you’re still nothing but two-bit outlaws on the dodge. It’s over, don’t you get that? Your time is over and you’re gonna die bloody, and all you can do is choose where. ibid. Sheriff Bledsoe
For a moment there I thought we were in trouble. ibid. Butch
The west was won by its pioneers, settlers, adventurers is long gone now. Yet it is theirs forever, for they left tracks in history that will never be eroded by wind or rain – never plowed under by tractors, never buried in compost of events. Out of the hard simplicity of their lives, out of their vitality, of their hopes and sorrows grew legends of courage and pride to inspire their children and their children's children. From soil enriched by their blood, out of their fever to explore and be, came lakes where once there were burning deserts – came the goods of the earth; mine and wheat fields, orchards and great lumber mills. All the sinews of a growing country. Out of their rude settlements, their trading posts came cities to rank among the great ones of the world. All the heritage of a people free to dream, free to act, free to mould their own destiny. How the West Was Won 1963 starring Carroll Baker & Lee J Cobb & Henry Fonda & Carolyn Jones & Karl Malden & Gregory Peck & George Peppard & Robert Preston & Debbie Reynolds et al, directors John Ford & George Marshall & Henry Hathaway & Richard Thorpe, opening commentary
O Lord, without consulting with Thee, we have sent thy way some souls whose evil ways passeth all understanding. We ask Thee humbly to receive them ... whether you want them or not! Amen. ibid. Zebulon’s prayer
When you get your uniforms on, ride into Omaha. No-one will suspect you ... Vamos! A Taste of Killing 1966 starring Craig Hill & George Martin & Peter Carter & Diana Martin & Frank Ressel & Rada Rassimov & Graham Sooty & George Wang & Jose Marco & Manuel Martin et al, director Tonino Valerii, head gangsta to gangstas
You lousy dog! Show us where you are! You coward! ibid. head gangsta to white pot-shotter
You better clean out this place. There’s something here that smells terrible ... You know who you’re talking to? ibid. baddie to pot-shotter
To collect that reward … ibid. baddie accusingly
Oh I have patience. I can play a waiting game. The longer time passes the more the bounty will be. The more dollars I’ll collect when I kill him. ibid. pot-shotter
Because I killed his brother. ibid.
It’s the end of the road for ya. Sukiyaki Western Django 2007 starring Quentin Tarentino & Hideaki Ito & Koichi Sato & Yusuke Iseya & Masanobu Ando & Takaaki Ishibashi & Shun Oguri Masato Sakai & Yutaka Matsushige & Quentin Tarantino, director Takashi Miike, triad boss
On a distant island these two clans split into the reds and the whites. ibid.
Hey – if you’re such a quick draw, you don’t need them. Take it all. And tell them to shove their lifetime contract. Boy ... Don’t rush yourself. ibid. woman with hipflask
You boys are a day late and a dollar short. This is our town. ibid. bloke
The time is now! ibid. red gang boss leader
So the Meaning of Life is Shit Happens, huh? ibid. hero
If we win, you can have half. ibid. her to him
You’ve got money. And a gun. And roses too. ibid. hero to boy
Don’t run. Decide for yourself what tomorrow’s gonna be. ibid.
A few years later the kid Heihachi made his way to Italy and was known as a man called Django. ibid.
That must be Ben Wade and his gang. 3:10 To Yuma 1957 starring Van Heflin & Glenn Ford & Felicia Farr & Robert Emhardt & Leora Dana & Henry Jones & Richard Jaeckel & George Mitchell & Robert Ellenstein & Ford Rainey et al, director Delmer Daves, father to son
You expect something from me I’m not. ibid. him to her
If my pa wants to, he can shoot you too. ibid. boy to prisoner
Dear Lord, we thank thee for life. We thank thee for food … ibid. mother’s prayer
Go west, young man, go west and seek fame and fortune and adventure. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 starring John Wayne & James Stewart & Vera Miles & Lee Marvin & Edmond O'Brien & Andy Devine & Ken Murray & John Carradine & Jeanette Nolan & John Qualen et al, director John Ford, Stewart
Out here a man settles his own problems. ibid. Wayne
Gold itself ain’t good for nothing except making jewellery with and gold teeth. The Treasure of Sierra Madre 1948 starring Humphrey Bogart & Walter Huston & Tim Holt & Bruce Bennett & Barton MacLane & Alfonso Bedoya & Arturo Soto Rangel & Manuel Donde & Jose Torvay et al, director John Huston, old geezer in doss house
Never knew a prospector yet who died rich. ibid.
Jesse James Killed By Ford Brothers. Shot in Back by Men He Had Befriended. The Return of Frank James 1940 starring Henry Fonda & Gene Tierney & Jackie Cooper & Henry Hull & John Carradine & Charles Tannen & J Edward Bromberg & Donald Meek et al, director Fritz Lang, newspaper caption
Those James are mighty peculiar. ibid. pressman to Ford bother in bar
But to be shot in the back by a couple of fellas who were like brothers to ya. ibid. pressman to Frank James
Don’t feel sorry, kid. Don’t ever feel sorry. It’s like poison to a man. Face of a Fugitive 1959 starring Fred MacMurray & Lin McCarthy & Dorothy Green & Alan Baxter & James Coburn & Gina Gillespie et al, director Paul Wendkos, hero to sidekick
Six is a very awkward age, and seven isn’t much better. ibid. kid to hero
Tomorrow morning, we’re going to kill Sheriff Brady. Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid 1989 starring Val Kilmer & Duncan Regehr & Wilford Brimley & Julie Carmen & Lew Wallace & Julie Carmen & Albert Salmi & Ned Gaughn & Ric San Nicholas et al, director William A Graham, the Kid
Thirty! I never want to be that old. ibid.
Billy is unique. A golden youth. A demigod. ibid. bloke at bar
My address is New Mexico Territory – all of it. ibid.
When I drink I feel I could do anything. Be anything. Even you. ibid. bloke at bar to Kid
I killed people who needed killing. ibid.
You must try to forgive, not sink in revenge. Adios, Sabata 1971 starring Yul Brynner & Dean Reed & Ignazio Spalla & Gerard Herter & Pedro Sanchez & Sal Borgese & Franco Fantasia et al, director Gianfranco Parolini, priest to boy opening scene
1867 Mexico under the domination of Maximilian of Austria was seething with revolutionaries. ibid. caption
I’m looking for a certain man for a special job – his name is Sabata. ibid. geezer