Quotes from Rio Grande (1950)

19 quotes
Ben Johnson
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon: Did any of youse ever ride a horse?
Trooper Travis Tyree: Yeah, some.
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

Ben Johnson
Trooper Travis Tyree: Get 'er done, Reb.
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

Ben Johnson
Trooper Travis Tyree: Hey, Mister... what time do they blow the horn around here for people t' eat?
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

Ben Johnson
Trooper Travis Tyree: I'm Hungary... Beans? Didn't nobody ever tell the army that they grew beef in this part of the country?
Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke: [laughing] Not lately. We'll be on cold rations for three days.
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

John Wayne
[Lt. Col. York lectures new recruits]
Lt. Col. Kirby York: I don't want you men to be fooled about what's coming up for you. Torture, at least that. The War Department promised me 180 men. They sent me eighteen. You are the eighteen... so each of you will have to do the work of ten men. If you fail, I'll have you spread-eagled on a wagon wheel. If you desert, you'll be found, tracked down and broken into bits. That is all.
- John Wayne (as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)

Chuck Roberson
[repeated line]
Officer: You'll get busted for this, Quincannon.
- Chuck Roberson (as Officer / Indian Who Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest) in Rio Grande (1950)

Ben Johnson
[repeated line]
Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone: Yo.
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

Maureen O'Hara
[toasting]
Mrs. Kathleen York: To my only rival, the United States Cavalry.
- Maureen O'Hara (as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke) in Rio Grande (1950)

Ben Johnson
[York plans the rescue of children held prisoner by Apaches]
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Is it dark enough for you to get in there?
Trooper Travis Tyree: With two men I pick, sir.
Lt. Col. Kirby York: Two men you pick? I know you're a excellent judge of horse flesh, Trooper Tyree. You proved that when you stole my horse. But how are you as a judge of men for a dangerous mission?
Trooper Travis Tyree: I consider myself a good judge of men I trust, sir.
- Ben Johnson (as Trooper Travis Tyree) in Rio Grande (1950)

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