The Alamo (1960)

John Wayne: Col. Davy Crockett

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• Davy Crockett : Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words.

• Col. Davy Crockett : Step down off your high horse, Mister. Ya don't get lard less'n you boil a hog!

• Davy Crockett : Let's wet our whistles.

  Colonel William Barret Travis : I don't drink.

  Davy Crockett : Never?

  Colonel William Barret Travis : Never.

  Davy Crockett : I've heard of such. Well, spread your wampum Travis.

  Colonel William Barret Travis : My title is Colonel.

  Davy Crockett : Well, I'm a Colonel, too. Wouldn't it sound kinda silly, us chattering, "Colonel, Colonel" like a couple of marsh shield birds? Just speak right up and call me Crockett, don't bother to use my title. Old drunken General Flatford gave it to me in the Choctaw Indian War. I'll call you Travis.

  Colonel William Barret Travis : Very well, Crockett.

• Col. Davy Crockett : Travis says Fannin's coming.

  Jim Bowie : Travis says! I wouldn't take Travis' word that night's dark and day's light!

• Travis' man : Hey, Davy! Is it true that you fit a four day fight with Mike Fink?

  Davy Crockett : Why that's a blasted lie! One of them stories loose-mouthed people tell around. Mike and me quit at sundown. Wouldn't have been the fourth day until, uh, next morning. See ya' men!

• Jethro : [greeting Davy Crockett]  Morning, Colonel, He's still sleeping.

  Davy Crockett : [grins]  I'll take care of that, Jethro.

  [kicks open door, throws bucket of water on Jim Bowie] 

  Jim Bowie : [from inside]  AAUGH! CROCKETT!

• Davy Crockett : It was like I was empty. Well, I'm not empty anymore. That's what's important, to feel useful in this old world, to hit a lick against what's wrong for what's right even though you get walloped for saying that word. Now I may sound like a Bible beater yelling up a revival at a river crossing camp meeting, but that don't change the truth none. There's right and there's wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you're living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you're dead as a beaver hat.

• Tennessean : Do chastise mean what I think It do?

  Tennesseean : It do.

  Beekeeper : Davy, let's do saddle up and go learn that gentleman his manners.

  Davy Crockett : We won't have to. He's wearing out horses coming towards us.

  Beekeeper : Guess we can't stop him from coming. But I reckon we can arrange for him to limp going back

• Parson : You never pray, do ya Davy?

  Davy Crockett : I never had the time.

• Jocko Robertson : Crockett! Davy Crockett! We're from Tennessee.

  Blind Nell Robertson : We seen you when you came through Stink Wells, talking about that job in Congress.

  Jocko Robertson : You shook my hand.

  Davy Crockett : Well, I'll do it again.

  [shakes Jocko's hand] 

  Blind Nell Robertson : He didn't vote for you though. Other fella gave him four bits.

  Jocko Robertson : Sorry.

  Davy Crockett : That's alright. I'm glad there were enough of you sensible folks to vote me out of that office. Well, we can have us a good ol' home talk-fest later, but right now I got to get my troops bedded down. Excuse me.

  Blind Nell Robertson : [after Crockett leaves]  You should have voted for him, Jocko.

• [the Alamo garrison is informed that no reinforcements are coming] 

  Jim Bowie : Well, that's it. I'm taking my men out of here now. Cutting through to the north. You coming?

  Davy Crockett : Seems like the better part of valor.

• Graciela Carmela Maria 'Flaca' de Lopez y Vejar : Crockett? You are the famous Davy Crockett?

  Col. Davy Crockett : Well, I'm Crockett. They named me Davy after an uncle that didn't leave Pa the farm after all.

• Davy Crockett : [after Bowie hits him]  My God, Bowie, you're bad tempered!