The Rebel (TV Series)

Johnny Yuma (1959)

Strother Martin: Jess

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Quotes 

• [Johnny finds his father's deputy drunk in a jail cell] 

  Johnny Yuma : Come on, let's get some coffee in you and get this place straightened up before Pa gets back.

  Jess : John, you should have come back sooner.

  Johnny Yuma : Jess, what's wrong with you? What's happened to this town? Where's my Pa? Where's my Pa?

  Jess : Oh, Johnny...

  Johnny Yuma : Jess, where's my Pa!

  [cut to shot of a gravestone reading "Ned Yuma: 1820-1867"] 

• [discussing the death of Johnny's father] 

  Johnny Yuma : Did they shoot him in the back?

  Jess : They didn't have to - there were enough of 'em in front of him.

  Johnny Yuma : Was he alone?

  [Jess doesn't reply] 

  Johnny Yuma : Why was he alone?

  Jess : You don't understand how it happened.

  Johnny Yuma : I understand. Where was the rest of the town? All his friends? Where were you... Deputy?

  Jess : Where were you, Johnny? The war's been over for more than a year.

  Johnny Yuma : Has it? Well, there's different kinds of wars. There's wars that don't end just 'cause a white flag goes up or somebody signs a piece of paper? There's wars that go on inside.

• [last lines] 

  Jess : Where will you go?

  Johnny Yuma : Here and there. It doesn't matter.

  Jess : Johnny...

  [hands Johnny a sawed-off shotgun] 

  Jess : It was your Pa's.

  Johnny Yuma : Thanks. And Jess - I don't think that badge is a bit heavy for ya.

• Jess : I got no right wearin' a badge. It just got too heavy for me since they killed your father.