Angel and the Badman (1947)
Gail Russell: Penelope Worth
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Quotes
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Quirt Evans : I thought you weren't allowed to work on Sunday.
Penelope Worth : Oh, Quirt, there's nothing we're not allowed to do. It's just that we don't believe in doing what we know is wrong.
Quirt Evans : Well, that makes it pretty much each fella's own guess.
Penelope Worth : But each fella knows inside.
Quirt Evans : Well, there's a lot of gents I wouldn't want to give that much leeway to.
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Quirt Evans : [reads the plaque on the wall] "Each human being has an integrity that can be hurt only by the act of that same human being and not by the act of another human being."
Quirt Evans : Is that Quaker stuff?
Penelope Worth : Uh huh.
Quirt Evans : You mean nobody can hurt you but yourself?
Penelope Worth : That's a Friend's belief.
Quirt Evans : Well, supposin' someone whacks you over the head with a branding iron? Won't that hurt?
Penelope Worth : Physically, of course. But in reality it would injure only the person doing the act of force of violence. Only the doer can be hurt by a mean or evil act.
Quirt Evans : Are there very many of you Quakers?
Penelope Worth : Very few.
Quirt Evans : I sort of figured that.
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[Quirt got Frederick Carson to release some water, and they've come to the Worth farm]
Quirt Evans : [to Penny] Well, looks like your prayers straightened everything out.
Penelope Worth : So you think your gun changed Frederick Carson, hmm?
Quirt Evans : Who says I pointed a gun?
Penelope Worth : I do.
Quirt Evans : Well, I didn't.
Penelope Worth : Then he gave in more easily than I expected. Thee remember this, Quirt: the Lord moves in mysterious manner at times, using strange methods and odd instruments.
Quirt Evans : Me?
Penelope Worth : [nods "yes]
Quirt Evans : Well that would be odd.
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Penelope Worth : Surely you can walk to the barn without that.
Quirt Evans : What?
Penelope Worth : The gun!
Quirt Evans : Oh, well, it balances me. One leg's longer than the other. You know, the weight.
Penelope Worth : Thee are a liar.
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Quirt Evans : He swung a wide loop in his younger days, I think.
Penelope Worth : A wide loop?
Quirt Evans : He wasn't too careful whose calf he threw his rope at.
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Penelope Worth : Quirt, please stay away from Laredo Stevens.
Quirt Evans : He owes me money. And don't worry - I might come out on top.
Penelope Worth : That'd be even worse.
Quirt Evans : Worse! Then it'd be worse if he goes down than if I go down?
Penelope Worth : Of course, don't you see that...
Quirt Evans : Oh, I know, I'd be a guy with a marked soul.
Penelope Worth : Don't make it sound so crude, Quirt. You see why - I couldn't love you.
Quirt Evans : Alright, I won't look up Laredo. It's better this way: every time he opens a door, every time he hears footsteps comin' around a corner... Laredo'll start sweatin', thinkin' it's me. His food won't sit well the rest of his life.
[he sees that she's looking sort of annoyed and amused at his attitude]
Quirt Evans : Well, alright; but if I'm gonna be holy, I gotta get some fun out of it!
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Quirt Evans : Will thee get my pants!
Penelope Worth : [smiling] Get the pants, John
Johnny Worth : What you said!
Quirt Evans : What are you lookin' at?
Penelope Worth : Thee.
Johnny Worth : Oh boy, it's a good thing I'm not a tattletale.
Quirt Evans : What set him off?
Penelope Worth : Thee used the familiar in speaking to me.
Quirt Evans : The what?
Penelope Worth : The familiar. The plain language. "Get thee my pants.", thee said.
Quirt Evans : Well, what about it?
Penelope Worth : Well among us, "thee" and "thou" are used only to loved ones. To all others, we use "you" and "he" and "they".
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Quirt Evans : What did I talk about?
Penelope Worth : Well you talked of Margaret. She, uh, she filled out a red dress.
Quirt Evans : What else?
Penelope Worth : Oh, you mentioned someone named, uh, Lila?
Quirt Evans : That's all?
Penelope Worth : If you have a wife, we could notify her.
Quirt Evans : No wife.
[Penelope turns away with a big smile on her face]
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Mrs. Worth : Penny!
Penelope Worth : I think Father wants to give thanks.
Frederick Carson : Oh, he already thanked me.
Penelope Worth : I know. I think he wants to thank someone else.