Buffalo Bill (1944)

Joel McCrea: William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

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• William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : What killed my son?

  Doctor : Diptheria.

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : What's that?

  Doctor : A germ.

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Where does it come from?

  Doctor : Water systems... and sewage. It's a crowd disease. A disease of civilization.

• William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen. I was afraid I was going to make a fool of myself in front of you tonight. But that would have been all right, because a man can make a fool of himself when he's off his own stamping grounds. But when a man makes a fool of himself on his own stamping grounds, there's no excuse for him. I don't hold with General Sherman that a good Indian is a dead Indian. From what I've seen, the Indian is a free-born American who'll fight for his folks, for his land and for his living... just like any other American.

• Yellow Hand : Now there is no debt and no friendship between us. If we meet in battle, as a brave of the Cheyenne, I will take the scalp of Pahashka and hang it on his lodge pole.

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : It may be easier to hang it than to take it, Yellow Hand.

• Louisa Frederici Cody : Your fond of me powderface aren't you?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Any Horse would be ma'am, you lite to carry and you sit quiet

  Louisa Frederici Cody : That what you said the first time we met, you repeating yourself Bill

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Powderface is a horse of sound judgment ma'am and his sentiments are alright with me anybody he fond of, I'm fond of

• Ned Buntline : You know the Indian, Cody, don't you?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Nobody knows the Indian. I've had to fight them since I was fourteen. Pony Express, stage driver, scouting. Indians never do what you'd expect.

• William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : When you do an Indian a favor, he never forgets it. But if you do him bad, he never forgets that either.

• Louisa Frederici Cody : What is she doing here all alone?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : She's just old. When Indians get too old to travel, why they're left behind with a little food and fuel.

  Louisa Frederici Cody : To die?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Yeah.

  Louisa Frederici Cody : That's terrible! Can't we do something for her?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : It's the way of the people. There's nothing we can do.

  Louisa Frederici Cody : Here am I, going to bring a new life into the world, and leaving an old woman to die.

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : That's nature's way, Louisa. When anything becomes too old to be useful, it's just pushed aside.

  Louisa Frederici Cody : But it shouldn't be! That's why we have civilization!

• Sgt. Chips : I've been waiting for you. Somebody has written you a letter.

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : Who, me?

  Sgt. Chips : That's right, my boy. Who in the world would be writing to you?

  William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody : I don't know, but if you give me the letter, I'll find out.

  Sgt. Chips : You'll get yours in your proper turn. The mail is delivered according to rank. And there's plenty ranker than you!