The Man Behind the Gun (1953) |
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| Director(s) | Felix E. Feist |
| Producer(s) | Robert Sisk |
| Top Genres | Western |
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Randolph Scott
(as Major Ransome Callicut)
Patrice Wymore
(as Lora Roberts)
Dick Wesson
(as Sgt. 'Monk' Walker)
Philip Carey
(as Capt. Roy Giles)
Roy Roberts
(as Sen. Mark Sheldon)
Morris Ankrum
(as Bram Creegan)
Alan Hale Jr.
(as Cpl. Olaf Swenson)
Douglas Fowley
(as Buckley Saloon Manager)
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The Man Behind the Gun (1953) was a Western - Film directed by Felix E. Feist and produced by Robert Sisk.
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The Man Behind the Gun Quotes:
Vic Sutro:
[During a stagecoach robbery] Lady, you may be a schoolteacher, but I like your spirit. In fact, I'll like you as soon as I pick up a little currency here. You and I are going for a horseback ride.
Lora Roberts: You're insane!
Vic Sutro: I would be if I passed you up.
Lora Roberts: You're insane!
Vic Sutro: I would be if I passed you up.
Lora Roberts:
Your mother and father were killed by the Indians. The Third Cavalry found you and raised you. Raised you on blood and black powder.
Major Ransome Callicut: And saber floggings! That's how I learned religion.
Lora Roberts: Religion?
Major Ransome Callicut: Duty! - The religion of the Army. Forget it for a minute and a tough sergeant beats it back into you with the flat of a saber. Duty's a god, Miss Roberts, a jealous god! It makes demands. It tears you to pieces, but you kneel down and...
Lora Roberts: Yes. Yes, I think I understand duty - the same thing that makes me teach school in a place that...
[They stare at each other for a long time and embrace]
Major Ransome Callicut: And saber floggings! That's how I learned religion.
Lora Roberts: Religion?
Major Ransome Callicut: Duty! - The religion of the Army. Forget it for a minute and a tough sergeant beats it back into you with the flat of a saber. Duty's a god, Miss Roberts, a jealous god! It makes demands. It tears you to pieces, but you kneel down and...
Lora Roberts: Yes. Yes, I think I understand duty - the same thing that makes me teach school in a place that...
[They stare at each other for a long time and embrace]
Major Ransome Callicut:
I'll get Creegan. I'll chop off the head of the scorpion; then the legs won't be able to crawl.
Sgt. 'Monk' Walker:
[In disguise as a pioneer woman] If I die like this, don't bury me. Just perfume the body.
Cpl. Olaf Swenson: You'll do! At a distance you look just like a woman.
Sgt. 'Monk' Walker: Anybody who don't keep that distance gets surprised!
Cpl. Olaf Swenson: You'll do! At a distance you look just like a woman.
Sgt. 'Monk' Walker: Anybody who don't keep that distance gets surprised!
Major Ransome Callicut:
[as voiceover narrator] Los Angeles - thirty difficult miles from San Pedro. Here in the tropical sun it was hard to believe that the City of Angels had its share of unholy activities.
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Some footage used in this film previously appeared in San Antonio.