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Film Quotes by George 'Gabby' Hayes

47 quotes
The Carson City Kid
Year: 1940

Director:
Joseph Kane
Marshal Gabby Whitaker: I bet your head feels bigger than an overgrown pumpkin.
Scott 'Arizona' Warren: Oh, it does.
Marshal Gabby Whitaker: I got just the cure for it - an injun remedy. Chief Sitting Bull himself gave me the recipe for learning him how to follow a trail. It cures aches, pains, bunions, calluses, galloping consumption and the seven year itch.
-- George 'Gabby' Hayes (as Marshal Gabby Whitaker) in The Carson City Kid (1940)
The Carson City Kid
Year: 1940

Director:
Joseph Kane
Marshal Gabby Whitaker: You ain't gonna hang nobody without a fair trial!
Lee Jessup: Trial? What for?
Marshal Gabby Whitaker: This place ain't gonna get no Hangtown reputation.
-- George 'Gabby' Hayes (as Marshal Gabby Whitaker) in The Carson City Kid (1940)
Randy Rides Alone
Year: 1934

Director:
Harry L. Fraser
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: Well, where's the money?
Henchman Spike: We didn't get it. It wasn't in the safe.
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: Whaddya mean, you didn't get it?
Henchman Spike: I'm telling you we couldn't find it.
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: And you call yourselves "bad men"! I should have left you where I found you - brandin' calves!
Sunset Trail
Year: 1939

Director:
Lesley Selander
Ann Marsh: We're not running cattle. What else can you do?
Windy Halliday: I can do everything from pot biling to pot wrastling, story-tellin' to lie-swappin'. I'm a pretty handy sort of feller whether for fun, frolic, or fright! Yeah, and I'm willin' to prove it too!
Albuquerque
Year: 1948

Director:
Ray Enright
Cole Armin: What's the matter with these folks? You'd think I had smallpox!
Juke: Son, I'd rather have smallpox than the name of Armin in this town.
Call of the Prairie
Year: 1936

Director:
Howard Bretherton
Tom Slade: Why bother with him? You got everything he has last night.
Charlie 'Shanghai' McHenry: Every little bit makes just a little bit more.
My Pal Trigger
Year: 1946

Director:
Frank McDonald*Yakima Canutt
Brett Scoville: [he and Gabby are watching one of Scoville's horses running a lap] Well, what do you think of her?
Gabby Kendrick: [in a confidently disgusted tone] I'd think that horse was runnin' BACKWARDS. Any animal I own could beat that.
Brett Scoville: Would you like to make a bet?
Gabby Kendrick: [firmly, wanting to respect his daughter's wishes] I aint makin' no bets. Quit gamblin'!
Brett Scoville: [scoffs] Ha! Ha! Ha! That's a laugh!
Gabby Kendrick: [indignantly] You wanna bet on it? Ah-oh - -
[splutters]
The Star Packer
Year: 1934

Director:
Robert N. Bradbury
Henchman: Who's that comin'?
Matt Matlock: It's that fool girl. Stop her! Take her to the hideout!
Broadway to Cheyenne
Year: 1932

Director:
Harry L. Fraser
[Breezy and Walrus get the drop on Owens' thugs]
Walrus: Now you fellas reach for a cloud and hang on to it.
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Year: 1942

Director:
Joseph Kane
[Gabby and Pat have crashed Gabby's car]
Pat: Why, you misplaced son of a half-witted hurricane, you've killed me!
Gabby: Awww, shucks, you ain't hurt none. A little shakin'-up's good for your liver. Well, what are you going to do about my car now that you've wrecked it?
Pat: What am I gonna to do about it? I'm gonna sue you for everything you've got!
Gabby: [gesturing toward his car] Well, that's all I got! Sue me.