Rawhide (TV Series)

Incident of the Widowed Dove (1959)

Clint Eastwood: Rowdy Yates

Quotes 

• Rowdy Yates : I think you're the nicest girl I ever met.

  Clovis Lindstrom : Nicest?

  Rowdy Yates : Yep.

  Clovis Lindstrom : Wanna know why I live in a town like this?

  Rowdy Yates : It doesn't make any difference.

  Clovis Lindstrom : My hometown is Springfield, Illinois. I came out to be a schooteacher.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, they all say that.

• Rowdy Yates : Then I'm quitting the drive, as of now.

  Gil Favor : Man quits middle of a drive only once. I never take quitters back.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, I quit only once.

  Gil Favor : You make me wish I had a hickory rod.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, you don't need a hickory rod, Mr Favor, you got two good fists. Now, if you think I need a lesson and you're the teacher, go ahead and try.

  Gil Favor : All right, I'll give you your fight. In Sedalia. If your temper is still with you by then. I never fight with my men on the trail.

  Rowdy Yates : Well, I'm not your man any more.

• Rowdy Yates : I'm looking for a girl. She's kinda short

  [He indicates to about 2 inches above his elbow height] 

  Rowdy Yates : Got blondish hair. Real pretty. And when she talks she's got a nice, warm sound to her voice.

• Rowdy Yates : You're the Law but don't you go roughing me up.

  Gil Favor : There was no call for that, Sheriff.

  Marshal Lindstrom : It's my lookout how I treat my prisoners.

• Rowdy Yates : Mister Favor, when you're always riding me, you never say anything good even when I do things right. I don't get sore at that. I realise you're trying to make me do my job better.

  Gil Favor : And be able to step into my boots when the time comes.

  Rowdy Yates : I can take that. I'm even grateful. But this is different.

  Gil Favor : Meaning?

  Rowdy Yates : Meaning it's a personal, private matter. That's what.