Quotes from The Way West (1967)
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Lije Evans:
I guess we'll have to fight, Dick.
Dick Summers: Well, all right, but some of us are gonna have to settle for a piece of ground a little short of Oregon.
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Robert Mitchum
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Lije Evans:
You know, for a smart man you ain't got a lick of sense! Not a speck!
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Richard Widmark
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Mrs. McBee:
Mercy, you're to stop flashin' in the fire every time a three-legged boy goes by. Now you hear me?
Mr. McBee: If we don't get that girl hitched before we get to Oregon, she's gonna run off and marry the nearest buffalo.
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Harry Carey Jr.
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Sen. William J. Tadlock:
We're mere men, but a man's nature is enormous. It contains both the great and the small. Even the meanest of us can be as large as this whole continent.
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Kirk Douglas
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Sen. William J. Tadlock:
You know, it's no easy matter to share a vision - particularly for a man and a woman.
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Kirk Douglas
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Dick Summers:
Oh, I never tried to stop anybody from doin' anything. That's about the only principle I got.
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Robert Mitchum
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Preacher Weatherby:
[to Brownie after marrying him to Mercy] I said 'amen.' You can kiss her even if you have before.
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Jack Elam
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Brownie Evans:
[Admiring Summers' necklace] Hey, I noticed that mighty handsome possession. Did you get it off a ded Indian?
Dick Summers: Yeah, my wife. Brownie Evans: I'm sorry. It's just about the nicest possession I ever seen. Dick Summers: Well, it's about the only possession I got. That and my bad name. Well, eh, with Mr. Tadlock's very kind permission, we're gonna see if we can get ourselves killed. You want to ?
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Robert Mitchum
in
The Way West
(1967)
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Rebecca 'Becky' Evans:
Lije, Lije, stay home this time!
Lije Evans: I wish I could, but I can't. Rebecca 'Becky' Evans: Why? Lije Evans: I don't know why. It's just that I got to go where I've not been. And where I can say, "This far I've come, I can't go no further. Do you understand that?
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Richard Widmark
in
The Way West
(1967)
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[the wagon train is surrounded by Indians]
Dick Summers: He doesn't like what you're giving him. Sen. William J. Tadlock: What does he want? Dick Summers: Whiskey. Sen. William J. Tadlock: Whiskey? Lije Evans: Get 'em liquored up and maybe we could sneak off. Dick Summers: You got a choice: you could give it to 'em or they'll take it. I agree that the first one might be a little dangerous, but the second one could prove fatal.
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Robert Mitchum
in
The Way West
(1967)
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