Winchester '73 (1950)
James Stewart: Lin McAdam
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Quotes
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Wyatt Earp : That's Dutch Henry Brown. I thought you said you didn't know him.
Lin McAdam : I said I didn't recall the name.
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Sgt. Wilkes : You're a man after my stamp. Wish we'd have had you with us at Bull Run. We might not have run so fast.
Lin McAdam : Well, I wanna tell you somethin'. I was with you at Bull Run. So was High Spade.
High Spade : Only we was on the other side.
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Lin McAdam : Awful lot of law for a little cowtown.
Wyatt Earp : This is the kind of cowtown that needs a lot of law.
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[after Lin wins the Winchester '73 rifle]
Dutch Henry Brown : How much will you take for it?
Lin McAdam : It's not for sale.
Dutch Henry Brown : That's too bad. That's too much gun for a man to have just for... shootin' rabbits.
Lin McAdam : Or for shootin' men in the back.
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Lin McAdam : You've been real fine people, High Spade, riding along with me.
High Spade : That's what friends are for, isn't it. At leastways, that's the way you dad always said it.
Lin McAdam : Yeah, he did, didn't he? He said if a man had one friend, he was rich. I'm rich.
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Wyatt Earp : Pick out a name and write it down.
Lin McAdam : All right if I use my own name?
Wyatt Earp : Some folks do.
Lin McAdam : Yeah... some folks do.
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High Spade : You're about ready to fall out of the saddle. Why don't we rest up a little?
Lin McAdam : I'm not that tired.
High Spade : Four or five hours ain't gonna make any difference. We have been chasin' since... since I can't remember.
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High Spade : We've hit a lot of towns, Lin. What makes you think he'll be here?
Lin McAdam : He'll be here.
High Spade : We've been wrong before.
Lin McAdam : He'll be here.
High Spade : On account of that?
[High Spade indicates the Winchester '73 rifle that is the top prize at Dodge City's Fourth of July shooting competition]
Lin McAdam : If he isn't here already, that gun'll bring him.
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Lin McAdam : Say, ah, about these Indians. It seems like they hardly ever attack at night.
Sgt. Wilkes : Why?
Lin McAdam : Well, they figure if they are killed in the dark, the Great Spirit can't find their souls and whip 'em up into heaven... or something like that.
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High Spade : Did you ever wonder what he'd think about you hunting down Dutch Henry?
Lin McAdam : He'd understand. He taught me to hunt.
High Spade : Not men. Hunting for food, that's alright. Hunting a man to kill him? You're beginning to like it.
Lin McAdam : That's where you're wrong. I don't like it. Some things a man has to do, so he does 'em.
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Lin McAdam : Yeah, I hear 'em.
High Spade : I told you night riding wasn't smart.
Lin McAdam : I guess you did.
High Spade : Now we're smack in the middle of 'em.
Lin McAdam : I guess you're right again.
High Spade : Being right ain't gonna do us any good. What do we do now?
Lin McAdam : Well, keep riding.
High Spade : With injuns all around us?
Lin McAdam : Maybe you'd feel better if we stopped?
High Spade : Ah... no.
Lin McAdam : Well, then maybe we better just keep riding.
