The Desperadoes (1943)

Edgar Buchanan: Uncle Willie McLeod

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Quotes 

• Uncle Willie McLeod : [toasting]  Here's to green pastures and no fences!

• Uncle Willie McLeod : Three men murdered in cold blood! What's the sense to it?

  Jack Lester : We was robbin' a bank!

  Uncle Willie McLeod : I'm a lot older than you, Jack. In my time, I've seen a lot of men with itchy trigger fingers like you - and they're all in Boot Hill with dirt in their face. Somebody cured them of that itch.

  Jack Lester : Would you like a couple of holes in that big fat belly of yours?

  Uncle Willie McLeod : [leaving]  You're holdin' up the U.S. mail, and that's a federal offense.

• Cheyenne Rogers : I was just goin' down to look at my horse.

  Uncle Willie McLeod : Steve was in to see his horse a little while ago.

  Uncle Willie McLeod : [laughs]  Seems like there thee ain't nuthin' more lonesome than a lonesome horse.

  Uncle Willie McLeod : [Uncle Willie laughs again]  Except maybe a lonesome man.

  Cheyenne Rogers : A man don't need to be if the saloon's open.

• Uncle Willie McLeod : A man can't do much when he gets old except save his money.

• The Sheriff : [leaving with Cheyenne as Willie sits on front porch]  Good night, Uncle Willie.

  Uncle Willie McLeod : Through with your courtin', boys?

  The Sheriff : For tonight... yeah.

  [he laughs] 

  Uncle Willie McLeod : [philisophically]  Ah, havin' a daughter's a real trial. Man with a son can get all the sleep he needs, but with a daughter you can't close your eyes 'til everyone's gone home.

  [Steve laughs] 

• Uncle Willie McLeod : [referring to Cheyenne]  Real bang-up outlaw they say... dangerous afoot, on a horse, or layin' on his back. Wouldn't think so quiet-spoken a fellas as him is bad would yuh?

  Allison McLeod : They say he's a good badman.

  Uncle Willie McLeod : There ain't no such thing. A bad man's bad for himself and for everybody else.