Film Quotes by James Coburn
40 quotes
Year: 1965
Director:
Tony Richardson
Director:
Tony Richardson
Immigration Officer:
Is that some kind of Beatles haircut?
--
James Coburn
(as Immigration Officer)
in
The Loved One
(1965)
Year: 1967
Director:
William A. Graham
Director:
William A. Graham
Lewton Cole:
I didn't break any law, Sheriff.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: No? What about stealing my horse, huh?
Lewton Cole: I needed that horse to recover the gold.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Locking me in my own jail?
Lewton Cole: I wanted you behind me.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Murder?
Lewton Cole: It was self-defense.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Raping?
Lewton Cole: Assault with a friendly weapon?
Sheriff John H. Copperud: No? What about stealing my horse, huh?
Lewton Cole: I needed that horse to recover the gold.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Locking me in my own jail?
Lewton Cole: I wanted you behind me.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Murder?
Lewton Cole: It was self-defense.
Sheriff John H. Copperud: Raping?
Lewton Cole: Assault with a friendly weapon?
--
James Coburn
(as Lewton Cole)
in
Waterhole #3
(1967)
Year: 1965
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Samuel Potts:
Bannon was a soldier, Amos. It goes with the pretty girls and the pension.
--
James Coburn
(as Samuel Potts)
in
Major Dundee
(1965)
Year: 1965
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Samuel Potts:
I am Samuel Potts, I bring complements of Major Amos Dundee, regular, United States cavalry. You have five minutes to surrender your troops and your stores before he cuts loose.
Capt. Jacques Tremaine: [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts: Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
Capt. Jacques Tremaine: [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts: Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
--
James Coburn
(as Samuel Potts)
in
Major Dundee
(1965)
Year: 1963
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Tex Panthollow:
Oh, poor old Herman. It seems like him and good luck always was strangers. Well, maybe now he'll meet up with his other hand some place.
--
James Coburn
(as Tex Panthollow)
in
Charade
(1963)
Year: 1963
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Tex Panthollow:
She batted them pretty little eyes at you, and you fell for it like an egg from a tall chicken!
--
James Coburn
(as Tex Panthollow)
in
Charade
(1963)
Year: 1959
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Whit:
I'd hate to see you loose your place up Socorro-way. I'd be mighty proud to work for you.
Sam Boone: *Work* for me?
Whit: I plowed when I was young. I ain't much with chickens, but I can slop pigs with the best of 'em.
Sam Boone: Whit, how long you and me been riding together?
Whit: About two years?
Sam Boone: More like *five*.
Whit: So?
Sam Boone: So you ain't gonna be working for me... You're gonna be a partner.
Whit: Partner!
Sam Boone: Right down the middle.
Whit: How come?
Sam Boone: 'Cause I like you, Whit.
Whit: Well, I never knew that!
Sam Boone: *Work* for me?
Whit: I plowed when I was young. I ain't much with chickens, but I can slop pigs with the best of 'em.
Sam Boone: Whit, how long you and me been riding together?
Whit: About two years?
Sam Boone: More like *five*.
Whit: So?
Sam Boone: So you ain't gonna be working for me... You're gonna be a partner.
Whit: Partner!
Sam Boone: Right down the middle.
Whit: How come?
Sam Boone: 'Cause I like you, Whit.
Whit: Well, I never knew that!
--
James Coburn
in
Ride Lonesome
(1959)
Year: 1966
Director:
Daniel Mann
Director:
Daniel Mann
[after Flint guns down Z.O.W.I.E. guards and Cramden wants to have him arrested]
Derek Flint: I noticed that these men were wearing Battle of the Bulge ribbons.
Mr. Cramden: There is no ribbon for the Battle of the Bulge.
Derek Flint: Exactly.
Derek Flint: I noticed that these men were wearing Battle of the Bulge ribbons.
Mr. Cramden: There is no ribbon for the Battle of the Bulge.
Derek Flint: Exactly.
--
James Coburn
in
Our Man Flint
(1966)
Year: 1960
Director:
John Sturges
Director:
John Sturges
[Britt has just shot a fleeing bandit off his horse]
Chico: Ah, that was the greatest shot I've ever seen.
Britt: The worst! I was aiming at the horse.
Chico: Ah, that was the greatest shot I've ever seen.
Britt: The worst! I was aiming at the horse.
--
James Coburn
(as Britt)
in
The Magnificent Seven
(1960)
Year: 1966
Director:
Daniel Mann
Director:
Daniel Mann
Derek Flint:
Say, why does that eagle attack me?
Galaxy worker: He's been trained to recognize and attack Americans.
Derek Flint: An anti-American eagle. It's diabolical.
Galaxy worker: He's been trained to recognize and attack Americans.
Derek Flint: An anti-American eagle. It's diabolical.
--
James Coburn
in
Our Man Flint
(1966)