Texas Across the River (1966)

Alain Delon: Don Andrea Baldasar

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Quotes 

• Lonetta : A man looks at many things, but sometimes he does not see what is under his eyes.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : That is true, Lonetta. I myself have known such men.

  Lonetta : A campfire gives flame, smoke. This you see.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Of course.

  Lonetta : A fire inside gives no flame, no smoke, but it burns as hot.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : A fire inside?

  Lonetta : In me there is such a fire. You do not see it, but it burns for you.

• [Sam and Baldy's "duel" ends when both men come face-to-face without drawing] 

  Sam Hollis : Well, what are you waiting for?

  Don Andrea Baldasar : For you to start... itching.

• [Jed, the turkey shoot boss, expresses doubts about Baldy's shooting ability] 

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Miss? I am a Baldasar!

  Jed : Well, I'm a Baptist myself, but that never improved my aim none.

• [last lines] 

  [an oil gusher erupts from the grave Lt. Sibley was digging] 

  Kronk : Every time dig hole, black poison shoot up! Now have to move town.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : [disgusted]  Texas. Pah!

  Sam Hollis : Eh, if it was up to me, I'd give it back to the Indians.

  Iron Jacket : Who wants it?

• Don Andrea Baldasar : This is night. Are you going to sleep?

  Sam Hollis : Well, it ain't healthy to travel through Comanche territory in the daytime, so we'll travel at night.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Oh, when we ride, the savage sleeps. Yes?

  Sam Hollis : Yep. Them Comanches believe the moon is an evil spirit.

• Sam Hollis : Why, you dumb, fool tenderfoot! Are you trying to take on that whole tribe single-handed?

  Don Andrea Baldasar : When one is alone, one must become an army.

• Lonetta : Have you no wish to live?

  Don Andrea Baldasar : I wish to live, but what is life without honor?

  Lonetta : What is honor without life?

• Don Andrea Baldasar : Ten paces.

  Sam Hollis : Ten paces?

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Why, that is customary. Do you wish to give the command to begin or shall I?

  Sam Hollis : I don't know what you got in mind, Baldy, but I'm here for a shootout.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Precisely. You take ten steps that way; I take ten steps this way. Then we turn...

  Sam Hollis : Turn? Step? I ain't here for no square dance! Now which end of town do you want to come from?

• Don Andrea Baldasar : You stand so; I stand so. And then...

  Sam Hollis : Back to back? Now what kind of shootout is that?

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Please Sam Hollis. I have dueled many times in Spain and I'm...

  Sam Hollis : But this isn't Spain - it's Texas!

  Don Andrea Baldasar : Even a simple duel you cannot perform in a civilized manner!

  Sam Hollis : We have had civilized killings around here for years. I come from one end of town like this and you come from the other end... and you get the itch, you draw.

• Don Andrea Baldasar : Where in Texas? How will you find me?

  Phoebe Ann Naylor : I'll find you. Texas isn't even a state - how big can it be?

• Don Andrea Baldasar : Is it possible there is more than one Texas?

  Si Morton : Friend, if there was more than one, there wouldn't be room for nothin' else!

• Lonetta : We do it.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : How?

  Lonetta : Fire and water. With fire, we drive longhorns from herd... three days, three nights we keep them from water. On fourth day, we let them drink.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : On the fourth day, they'll be dead.

  Lonetta : No! Will be tame. This is secret Comanche know.

  Don Andrea Baldasar : I hope it is secret the longhorns also know.