Gunslinger (1956)
Beverly Garland: Marshal Rose Hood
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Quotes
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Deputy Joshua Tate : I don't know. I reckon some people won't think it proper for a new widow to go around in pants - even if they are black.
Marshal Rose Hood : Ever see a police officer in a corset?
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[Rose straps on a six-shooter]
Herman : Hey, are you going to wear that cannon?
Marshal Rose Hood : I don't imagine a bank robber will change the rules just for me.
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Marshal Rose Hood : Come on, Joshua. Let's start enforcing the law.
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Cane Miro : I'll make you a deal. I won't try to make you a bad woman, if you stop trying to make me a good man.
Marshal Rose Hood : You're not bad, you're just no good.
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[first lines]
Rose Hood : Hi.
Marshal Scott Hood : Hi. Long night.
Rose Hood : A quiet one for a change.
Marshal Scott Hood : Aw, you shouldn't get up so early just to fetch my breakfast.
Rose Hood : What else is a Marshal's wife good for?
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Rose Hood : You figure out what you're going to do about Erica's tramps at the Red Dog?
Marshal Scott Hood : Now who in the world could stand up to that woman?
Rose Hood : Try me.
Marshal Scott Hood : Naw, you stick to makin' coffee, Rose. I'll take care of the criminal element.
[a member of 'the criminal element' shoots him in the back]
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[Rose gives her husband's badge to the mayor]
Rose Hood : Pin it on.
Mayor Gideon Polk : Pin it on who?
Rose Hood : On me.
Mayor Gideon Polk : Come on, Rose. You must be pulling my leg.
Erica Page : I think it's a wonderful idea. With a woman marshal, Oracle will be the hit of the Western dime novels... and what bad man would dream of shooting a woman?
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[to drunk in the next jail cell]
Marshal Rose Hood : Either you turn around or I'll book you for rustling.
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Cane Miro : Remember me?
Marshal Rose Hood : Cane Miro - wanted in three states and five territories for murder, bank robbery, stage robbery, train robbery and sundry assaults.
Cane Miro : Take a look in your ledger; see if I'm wanted in this state. I haven't checked lately.
[checking one of Rose's rifles]
Cane Miro : You ought to keep these clean.
Marshal Rose Hood : No, you aren't wanted here. If you were, I'd find a place for you with the other characters I've met this week - next to my husband in Boot Hill.
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Marshal Rose Hood : What's your business in Oracle?
Cane Miro : It's honest... It's also private.
Marshal Rose Hood : Well, that's no answer.
Cane Miro : I intend to keep it that way.
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[discussing Cane's business]
Marshal Rose Hood : How long is it going to take?
Cane Miro : About five weeks.
Marshal Rose Hood : Make it five days.
Cane Miro : That's mighty charitable. I might be able to finish in five days - but that also leaves five nights. What do you do nights, Miss Marshal.
Marshal Rose Hood : Oh, I keep an eye on suspicious characters.
Cane Miro : I'm a suspicious character.
Marshal Rose Hood : I think I'll assign Joshua to you. He takes care of drunks, mad dogs and smart saddle tramps.
Cane Miro : But I'm a celebrity. You ought to give me your personal attention.
Marshal Rose Hood : I just hope I don't have to, Mr. Miro.
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[hearing gunfire in the distance]
Marshal Rose Hood : I'm a fool! Instead of doing my job, I'm out here disgracing Scott's memory - and it's all your fault!
Cane Miro : Nothing we both do is all my fault.
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Marshal Rose Hood : Are your girls ready to leave?
Erica Page : You said Friday! This is only Tuesday night.
Marshal Rose Hood : Just a reminder.
Erica Page : Well, *thank you*. Now that I've been reminded, may I go to the Red Dog?
Marshal Rose Hood : You may go to the red devil as far as I'm concerned.
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Marshal Rose Hood : We're sworn enemies. All the moonlight in heaven can't change that.
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[last lines]
Sam Bass : Looks like a nice, quiet, little town you got here.
Marshal Rose Hood : Yeah. Yeah it is.