El Dorado (1966)
James Caan: Mississippi
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Quotes
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Cole : Did you get him?
Mississippi : Who?
Cole : The fella that ran outta the church!
Mississippi : Well, yes and no.
Cole : Yes and no? Did you or didn't you?
Mississippi : I hit the sign, and the sign hit him.
Cole : Well, that's great.
Mississippi : He was limping when he left!
Cole : He was limping when he got here!
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Bull Harris : [about Cole and Mississippi going on patrol] If you're gonna do that, here's a couple of badges.
[gives them to Cole and Mississippi]
Bull Harris : Now, raise your right hand.
[they do as told]
Bull Harris : I forgot the words, but you better say 'I do'!
Cole , Mississippi : I do!
Bull Harris : Now you're deputies!
Mississippi : You suppose these will do any good if somebody takes a shot at us?
Bull Harris : Give them a good mark to shoot at.
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Mississippi : [examining J.P.'s leg after he's been shot] I gotta cut this pant leg.
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Well, go ahead and cut it! Have you got a kni...
[Mississippi pulls out his huge Bowie knife from its hiding place on his back]
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : A knife? Uh, I suppose I've asked this before, but just who...?
[looks at Cole instead]
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Who is he?
Cole : Tell him your name, Mississippi.
Mississippi : [sighs and looks up] Alan Bourdillion Trehearne.
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Well, no wonder he carries a knife.
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Bull Harris : [while mixing the hangover cure] Here's your gunpowder.
Cole : *Gunpowder?*
Bull Harris : Yup. Mississippi remembered it on the way to the store.
Mississippi : Put it in, Bull.
Bull Harris : All of it?
Mississippi : Uh-huh, all of it.
Cole : I hope you don't... blow him up!
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Cole : Now just a minute, son.
Mississippi : I... AM NOT... YOUR SON. My name is Alan Bourdillion Traherne.
Cole : Lord Almighty... .
Mississippi : Yeah.
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Cole : What was the idea of diving under those horses?
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Diving under those horses?
Mississippi : Yeah. A man can't shoot good when his horse is jumping, and a horse will not step on a man.
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : He won't?
Mississippi : He will?
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Alan Bourdillion Ter-who?
Cole : Terhane.
Mississippi : Trahearne!
Cole , Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Trahearne.
Mississippi : Yeah.
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Cole : What kept you?
Mississippi : I was talking to a girl. She said she saw...
Cole : A girl?
Mississippi : Don't you think I can know a girl?
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Mississippi : [while mixing some hangover cure] Let's see. We got ipecac and mustard and cayenne. That leaves us asafetida.
Cole : Are you sure that Johnny Diamond wasn't an embalmer?
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Bull Harris : ...might have anyhow if I wasn't tryin' to figure out what that fella's got on his head.
Mississippi : It called a hat.
Bull Harris : Well, I'll have to take your word for it.
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Mississippi : [Joey slaps Mississippi and he slaps her] Now don't do that again 'cause I can hit a little harder than you.
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Cole : Don't you know better than to follow a man that way?
Mississippi : Sorry... I didn't know there was another way.
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Mississippi : Always liked that poem too. Makes me wanna...
Cole : Ride, boldly ride? Well, it don't work out that way.
Mississippi : I'm learnin' that.
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Mississippi : Well, where are we headed?
Cole : To see a girl.
Mississippi : To see a *girl*?
Cole : Yes, a girl! Don't you think I could know a girl?
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Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Who are you?
Mississippi : We met last night.
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : Last night? When was that?
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Doctor Donovan : You know these wounds were made by buckshot don't you?
Cole : I thought they were.
Doctor Donovan : Who was using a shotgun?
Cole : A certain young man... .
Mississippi : I was using a shotgun, Doc.
Doctor Donovan : You? I thought you was on their side.
Sheriff J. P. Harrah : He was.
Mississippi : I told you I was no good with a gun.
Bull Harris : Trouble is, Doc, Cole was in front of the gun. The safe place is behind Mississippi when he shoots that thing.
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Cole : Step down off that horse.
Mississippi : You always giving people orders?
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Nelse McLeod : Can you use a gun?
Mississippi : Well, if I could I'd be using one. Good evening.
Cole : Just minute, Mississippi.
Mississippi : Would you mind telling me why you have such a great passion for my company?
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Mississippi : Are you bein' fair?
Cole : How?
Mississippi : Lettin' him go in there?
Cole : Well, I'd hate to be the one to try and stop him. They laughed at him, Mississippi. That'll make the difference.
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Mississippi : Always make you mad, don't I?
Cole : Mostly.
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Mississippi : Want me to go with you?
Bull Harris : Yeah, if I get shot you can bring back the food.
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Mississippi : I'm tryin' to thank you.
Cole : I'm hungry!
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Mississippi : [about Joey] She was really gonna shoot that fella.
Cole : She shot me.
Mississippi : She shot... uh... 'n that somethin'...
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Joey : You going to keep sitting on my stomach?
Mississippi : Ah, well, I'm, uh, comfortable.
