Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)

Tom Tyler: Stony Brooke

Quotes 

• [the Three Mesquiteers enter a rough-looking saloon] 

  Stony Brooke : Three sarsaparillas.

  [One of the Cherokee Boys breaks the Mesquiteers' three bottles of pop] 

  Sarsaparilla, 1st 'Cherokee Boy' : Had enough Sarsaparilla?

  Stony Brooke : Just enough!

  [a barroom brawl ensues and the Three Mesquiteers knock out the bad guys] 

  Barfly : That Sarsaparilla is powerful stuff!

• [Owens mistakes the Three Mesquiteers for the villainous Cherokee Boys] 

  Stony Brooke : Let's get this straight. You want somebody killed and you're willing to pay a $1000 for the job?

  Pop Owens : That's it, and I hired you killers to ensure against any bungling. The man must be killed expertly and painlessly and not later than tomorrow.

  Tucson Smith : Who's the man?

  Lullaby Joslin : Yeah, we gotta warn him.

  Pop Owens : Warn him?

  Tucson Smith : Uh, sure! We always give 'em a sportin' chance. We like to do things the hard way.

  Pop Owens : This time I don't want the man warned.

  Stony Brooke : Who is he?

  Pop Owens : The man I want killed is... me.

• [when Tom Owens mistakes the Mesquiteers for the Cherokee Gang, the Sheriff arrests them] 

  Stony Brooke : Why he's crazy. The guys we plugged back on the road are the real Cherokees!

  The Sheriff : I'll settle for the Cherokees we got. Head 'em for jail!

  Lullaby Joslin : Your tombstones are gonna read, "Here lie the Cherokee Boys" and mine will read, "I Told You So!"