The Far Country (1954)

Walter Brennan: Ben Tatum

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• Ben Tatum : What gets me is, how did you know we was after them cattle? Did you see us?

  Renee Vallon : Yes, but first, you know, I heard the bell, the little bell Jeff wears on his saddle.

  Ben Tatum : Heh-heh. He won't ride without it. I give it to him, you know.

  Renee Vallon : You did? Why?

  Ben Tatum : Well, a coupla years back we was down in Mexico, I bought this bell for our house. We're gonna have a house in Utah. We were going to hang it right over our front door, on the inside, so's when you open the door the bell jingles, you see, on account of I like to know when my friends is comin' so I can put on another pot of coffee.

  Renee Vallon : But that's a very little bell.

  Ben Tatum : Well, it's goin' to be a very little house.

• Ben Tatum : All right, I'll go along, but where's it gonna end, boy? We just goin' to go on and on and on?

  Jeff Webster : Well, maybe we'll end up on that ranch in Utah. Right now, we got an awful lot of money to spend.

  Ben Tatum : Whatcha gonna buy that's better than what we got? We got friends in Dawson. You wanna buy new ones?

• Ben Tatum : Well, set yourself down, son.

  Jeff Webster : [Noticing that there's only one plate of food]  Now, where's *your* food?

  Ben Tatum : [chuckles]  I don't need no food - but I gotta' have my coffee, ya' know.

  Jeff Webster : Yeah, yeah... about ten gallons a day. Hope there's plenty of that stuff up in Dawson.