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Cheyenne:
Do you know anything about a guy going around playing the harmonica? He's someone you'd remember. Instead of talking, he plays. And when he better play, he talks.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
Harmonica, a town built around a railroad.
[laughs] Cheyenne: You could make a fortune. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hey, more than that. Thousands of thousands. Harmonica: They call them "millions." Cheyenne: "Millions." Hmm.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
Make believe it's nothing.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
They wanna hang me. The big, black crows. Idiots. What the hell? I'll kill anything. Never a kid. Be like killin' a priest. Catholic priest, that is.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
What the hell is this?
Harmonica: [off screen] Can't you see? [emerges from behind a pile of wood] Harmonica: It's a station. And all around it a town. Brett McBain's town. Cheyenne: [starts to laugh] Was he crazy, heh! Harmonica: Yeah in a very special way. An Irishman. [starts measuring out a square and hammers wood spikes into the ground] Harmonica: He knew someday or another that railroad through Flagstone would continue on west. So he looked over all this county here. Until he found this hunk of desert. Nobody wanted it! But he bought it. [continues with work] Harmonica: Then he tightened his belt, and for years he waited. Cheyenne: Waited for what? Harmonica: For the railroad to reach this point. Cheyenne: Ah, but how in the hell did he know the railroad would pass through his property? Harmonica: Them steam engines can't roll without water. And the only water within fifty miles west of Flagstone is right here. Under this land! Cheyenne: Ah ha, he was no fool, our dead friend, ah? [chuckles] Cheyenne: He was gonna sell this piece of desert for his weight in gold, wasn't he? Harmonica: [looks at Cheyenne] You don't sell the dream of a lifetime! Brett McBain wanted his station: he got the rights to build it. Cheyenne: How do you know all this? Harmonica: I saw a document. It was all in order, seals, signatures, everything! One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause. Which says that McBain or his heirs lose all rights, if by the time the railroad reaches this point... [turns to Cheyenne again] Harmonica: ...the station ain't built yet.
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Charles Bronson
(as Harmonica)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
Yeah, go on. Play, Harmonica. Play, so you can't bullshit.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Claudia Cardinale
(as Jill McBain)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
You don't understand, Jill. People like that have something inside... something to do with death.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Cheyenne:
You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was, for an hour or for a month - he must have been a happy man.
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Jason Robards
(as Cheyenne)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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Frank:
[Frank is trying to convince Harmonica to sell him the land Harmonica just won] Just hurry up and make the deal!
Harmonica: Which deal Frank? We've got more than one to settle you and me.
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Charles Bronson
(as Harmonica)
in
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
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