Apache Drums (1951)
Stephen McNally: Sam Leeds
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Quotes
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Joe Madden : I got a knack at healing. I know something about it.
Sam Leeds : Look, you're a great horse doctor, Joe, and...
Joe Madden : There isn't much difference between a horse and a human. At least I know how to get started. You wouldn't even know that.
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[Leeds and Griffin are surrounded by Indians]
Sam Leeds : No bullets, no protection... not even anything worth taking a last look at.
Reverend Griffin : It is God's earth, man. You wouldn't reject it in the hour of your death.
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Sam Leeds : I guess the winning hand always comes up after the game has been played. That's the way it always is.
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Sam Leeds : I like your notion, Reverend, that Apaches are just evils the Lord created to try honest men. I'm saved! I'm not an honest man.
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Sam Leeds : Look, Reverend, you give a dog a bad name and everybody throws a stone at him. Sure, I gamble. I drink, too. I killed a man who was trying to kill me. This is a rough country and you got to take care of yourself.
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Sam Leeds : You feel it's my fault that you're out here, huh?
Rev. Griffin : I put no blame on you now.
Sam Leeds : Well, if it'd make you feel any better, you were right.
Rev. Griffin : About what?
Sam Leeds : I never really cared about the town needin' water, I just wanted to show what a smart fellow I was - I wanted Sally to see that, and make a fool out of Joe. Now I only wish I could tell her I was wrong - about a lot of things.
Rev. Griffin : She will know.