Virginia City (1940)

Alan Hale: Olaf 'Moosehead' Swenson

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• 'Marblehead' : Doggone that confounded, dadgummed, slab-sided, dad-burned, tarnation, doggone...

  Olaf Swenson : Quiet!

• Gen. George Meade : What are their qualifications?

  Kerry Bradford : Well, sir, Marblehead there...

  'Marblehead' : Yes, sir!

  Kerry Bradford : He's probably one of the finest horse-thieves east of Chicago.

  'Marblehead' : You mean Kansas City, sir.

  Kerry Bradford : Oh, Kansas City. And Moose...

  Olaf Swenson : Yes, sir.

  Kerry Bradford : Well, he's had four wives, so he's had to learn how to keep undercover.

• Mr. Upjohn : Just to think, I tried to sell that ruffian life insurance.

  Olaf Swenson : Oh, he wasn't as tough as my last wife.

  Mr. Upjohn : Pardon, I didn't know you were married.

  Kerry Bradford : Married? Only four times.

  Olaf Swenson : Five!

  Mr. Upjohn : All insured, I hope.

• Olaf Swenson : What about you, little man? Will you have a drink?

  Mr. Upjohn : A drink? Moosehead, when I come out of that saloon I'd be so teetotally tight that if I live to be 108 years old I'll die with a hangover.

• Olaf Swenson : What's he doing out here?

  Kerry Bradford : I don't know, but I imagine he's on the same business as we are.