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Henry Gatewood:
[clutching valise with embezzled funds] I can't get over the impertinence of that young lieutenant. I'll make it warm for that shake-tail! I'll report him to Washington - we pay taxes to the government and what do we get? Not even protection from the army! I don't know what the government is coming to. Instead of protecting businessmen, it pokes its nose into business! Why, they're even talking now about having *bank* examiners. As if we bankers don't know how to run our own banks! Why, at home I have a letter from a popinjay official saying they were going to inspect my books. I have a slogan that should be blazoned on every newspaper in this country: America for the Americans! The government must not interfere with business! Reduce taxes! Our national debt is something shocking. Over one billion dollars a year! What this country needs is a businessman for president!
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Berton Churchill
(as Henry Gatewood)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
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Hatfield:
A gentleman doesn't smoke in the presence of a lady.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Three weeks ago I took a bullet out of a man who was shot by a gentleman. The bullet was in his back! Hatfield: You mean to insinuate... Ringo Kid: Sit down, mister. Doc don't mean no harm.
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John Wayne
(as Ringo Kid)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
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Dr. Josiah Boone:
Seems to me I knew your family, Henry. Didn't I fix your arm once when you, oh, bumped off a horse?
Ringo Kid: Are you Doc Boone? Dr. Josiah Boone: I certainly am. Ah, let's see... I'd just been honorably discharged from the Union Army after the War of the Rebellion. Hatfield: You mean the War for the Southern Confederacy, sir. Dr. Josiah Boone: I mean nothing of the kind, sir! Ringo Kid: That was my kid brother broke his arm. You did a good job, Doc, even if you was drunk. Dr. Josiah Boone: Thank you, son. Professional compliments are always pleasing. What happened to that boy whose arm I fixed? Ringo Kid: He was murdered.
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John Wayne
(as Ringo Kid)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
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[first lines]
Cavalry scout: These hills here are full of Apaches. They've burnt every ranch building in sight. [referring to Indian scout] Cavalry scout: He had a brush with them last night. Says they're being stirred up by Geronimo. Capt. Sickel: Geronimo? How do we know he isn't lying? Cavalry scout: No, he's a Cheyenne. They hate Apaches worse than we do.
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Yakima Canutt
(as Cavalry Scout)
in
Stagecoach
(1939)
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