Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Quint Asper Comes Home (1962)
James Arness: Matt Dillon
Quotes
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Bob : Now look it, mister, I've been shootin' Indians for years. Every one I see, warlike or peaceable.
Matt Dillon : Well, that's a good idea, shooting peaceable Indians?
Bob : They're just so much meat to me.
Cowboy : Shoot first and talk later, that's my motto.
Matt Dillon : [with contempt] Men like you make me understand the Comanches.
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Matt Dillon : What's your name?
Quint : In English it's Quint. Quint Asper.
Matt Dillon : You're a half-breed, aren't you?
Quint : I'm Comanche! My Pa was white. And the white man killed him. I've avenged him many times.
Matt Dillon : Well, maybe it's time you stopped?
Quint : Never.
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Matt Dillon : [seeing Quint wearing cowboy duds] Well, Quint, you look pretty good in those clothes.
Quint : I don't feel so good in them.
Matt Dillon : Could get used to them.
Quint : I was used to them once. Never again.
Matt Dillon : Quint, you know we're your people, too. Just as much as the Comanches are. Maybe more. A man usually takes after his father.
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Matt Dillon : Quint, the next time you're faced with killing or not killing a white man, you're going to have to make a decision. It's gonna take some courage. The kind I don't think you've had to use before.
Quint : Why should I change? I made my choice when they murdered my Pa.
Matt Dillon : [thoughtful pause] Maybe.
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[last lines]
Matt Dillon : Quint, I'll tell you somethin'. As long as I'm breakin' all these laws, I think I'm gonna break another one.
Quint : How's that?
Matt Dillon : I'm gonna buy an injun some firewater.
Quint : Well, you're just bound and determined to get us into trouble, aren't ya?
Matt Dillon : [laughing, slaps Quint on the back and they set out together for the Longbranch] C'mon.