El Dorado (1966 film) Quotes

El Dorado (1966 film) is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . El Dorado ended its run in 1970.

It features Howard Hawks as producer, Nelson Riddle in charge of musical score, and Harold Rosson as head of cinematography.

El Dorado (1966 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of El Dorado (1966 film) is 126 minutes long. El Dorado (1966 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J. P. Harrah, John Wayne as Cole, Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris, Paul Fix as Dr. Miller, Charlene Holt as Maudie, Ed Asner as Bart Jason, Christopher George as Nelse McLeod, Robert Donner as Milt, Michele Carey as Joey, R. G. Armstrong as Kevin MacDonald, Adam Roarke as Matt MacDonald, and Adam Roarke as Saul MacDonald.

El Dorado (1966 film) Quotes

John Wayne as Cole

• (John Wayne) "Where'd you come from?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "I heard a noise."

• (John Wayne) "Did you get him?"
• (Mississippi) "Who?"
• (John Wayne) "The fella that ran outta the church."
• (Mississippi) "Well, yes and no."
• (John Wayne) "Yes and no? Did you or didn't you?"
• (Mississippi) "I hit the sign, and the sign hit him."
• (John Wayne) "Well, that's great."
• (Mississippi) "He was limping when he left."
• (John Wayne) "He was limping when he got here."

• (Mississippi) "Well, I found out one thing."
• (John Wayne) "What's that?"
• (Mississippi) "You know a girl."

• (John Wayne) "Step down off that horse."
• (Mississippi) "You always giving people orders?"

• (John Wayne) "Aren't you gonna say anything?"
• (Charlene Holt) "Would it do me any good to say it?"
• (John Wayne) "Say what?"
• (Charlene Holt) "That this is crazy? No, I'm not gonna say anything. I'm just gonna go out and buy you a pine box."

• (Mississippi) "Well, we are we headed?"
• (John Wayne) "To see a girl."
• (Mississippi) "To see a girl ?"
• (John Wayne) "Yes, a girl. Don't you think I could know a girl?"

• (John Wayne) "J.P, why don't you settle down?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "I just can't help it Cole. I've got the shakes so bad --"
• (John Wayne) "You've had 'em before."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Yeah, well not with a hole in my leg, and a bunch of unfriendly people hanging around outside just waiting for somebody to --"
• (John Wayne) "What do you wanna do? Quit?"

• (John Wayne) "What kept you?"
• (Mississippi) "I was talking to a girl. She said she saw --"
• (John Wayne) "A girl?"
• (Mississippi) "Don't you think I can know a girl?"

• (John Wayne) "When do you expect the United States Marshal?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Oh man, I don't remember the last time he was here."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "He was here. You gave him a big welcome. Flung a bottle at him."
• (John Wayne) "An empty bottle?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Yeah, he wasn't that far gone."

• (John Wayne) "Next time you shoot somebody, don't go near 'em till you're -- sure they're dead."

• (John Wayne) "The girl was right; they're still up there."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Sure are -- hit me right in the bugle."

• (Mississippi) "Are you bein' fair?"
• (John Wayne) "How?"
• (Mississippi) "Lettin' him go in there?"
• (John Wayne) "Well I'd hate to be the one to try and stop him. They laughed at him, Mississippi. That'll make the difference."

• (John Wayne) "Pretty wise for a kid Maudie."
• (Charlene Holt) "I think you must be the only person who thinks of me as a kid, Cole."

• (John Wayne) "Next time you shoot somebody, don't go near 'em till you're sure they're dead."

• (John Wayne) "Now just a minute, son."
• (Mississippi) "I -- AM NOT -- YOUR SON. My name is Alan Bourdillion Traherne."
• (John Wayne) "-- Lord Almighty --"
• (Mississippi) "Yeah."

• (John Wayne) "Don't you know better than to follow a man that way?"
• (Mississippi) "Sorry -- I didn't know there was another way."

• (John Wayne) "Where is Mississippi?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Who is Mississippi?"
• (John Wayne) "Well that's the kid -- fella that was around with us all night."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Where is he?"
• (John Wayne) "That's what I was asking Bull."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Across the street at the stable. Saw someone pointing a gun after us."
• (John Wayne) "He ought to know better than that."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "You want me to go after him?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Bull, you certainly ought to know better."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "The first time in two months I've felt like doing nothing for you, now you don't want me to do it."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Was there something wrong with that or is it just my hangover?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "You made better sense when you was drinking."

• (Mississippi) "I'm tryin' to thank you."
• (John Wayne) "I'm hungry."

• (John Wayne) "You left a boy out there to do a man's job."

• (Mississippi) "Let's see. We got ipecac and mustard and cayenne. That leaves us asafetida."
• (John Wayne) "Are you sure that Johnny Diamond wasn't an embalmer?"

• (Mississippi) "She was really gonna shoot that fella."
• (John Wayne) "She shot me."
• (Mississippi) "She shot -- uh -- 'n that somethin' --"

Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J. P. Harrah

• (Robert Mitchum) "Didn't the last time you shot a man teach you anything at all, Joey?"

• (Robert Mitchum) "Why aren't you laughing now? It's the same drunken sheriff, the same hat, the same outfit, why don't you laugh? Let me hear you laugh."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Cole they laughed at me. Right in front of McLeod, they just laughed at me."
• (John Wayne) "They've been laughing at you -- for a couple of months. You just haven't being sober enough to hear it."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Up until now I thought you had good taste."
• (John Wayne) "Yeah, and up until now I thought you had good taste."

• (Robert Mitchum) "I guess you're supposed to take care of me."
• (John Wayne) "Well, not that I couldn't do it Harrah but I don't think I'd like that."
• (Robert Mitchum) "I'm glad to hear you say that. Not that I couldn't handle you but I don't think I'd like that either."

• (Mississippi) "I gotta cut this pant leg."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Well, go ahead and cut it. Have you got a kni --"
• (Robert Mitchum) "A knife? Uh, I suppose I've asked this before, but just who?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Who is he?"
• (John Wayne) "Tell him your name, Mississippi."
• (Mississippi) "Alan Bourdillion Trehearne."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Well, no wonder he carries a knife."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Did we have a -- fight -- or somethin'?"
• (John Wayne) "Or somethin'."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Well, wait a minute, wait, wait for me."
• (John Wayne) "Why?"

• (Robert Mitchum) "What the hell are you doin' here?"
• (John Wayne) "I'm lookin' at a tin star with a -- drunk pinned on it."

• (Robert Mitchum) "You know something Cole, I think we'd better get ourselves a new girl."
• (John Wayne) "Yeah."
• (Charlene Holt) "You'd better not."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Why not?"
• (Charlene Holt) "I'm girl enough for both of you."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Did we have a fight or something?"
• (John Wayne) "Or something."

• (Robert Mitchum) "You thought it was pretty funny, too, didn't you. Well, why aren't you laughing now? Let me hear you laugh."
• (Robert Mitchum) "I don't know who you think you are,Jason, but I --"
• (John Wayne) "J.P.."
• (Robert Mitchum) "No. You're right, Cole. You're a lucky man, Jason, 'cause I wanted to kill you bad."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Joe never was much good on that piano, was he?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "No, and you shooting them strings out didn't help none either."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Who are you?"
• (Mississippi) "We met last night."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Last night? When was that?"

• (Robert Mitchum) "It'll be a nice quiet town after you leave, Cole."
• (John Wayne) "How do you know I'm leaving?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "We just don't need your kind around here."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Damn you, Bull."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Bull, I need you."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "You what?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "I need you, Bull."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Now if you start being nice to me, I'll quit you for sure. Shock'd be too much. I'd sooner have you hungover and nasty."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Speaking of that, how about a little drink, Bull?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Darn it. Took you a long time to think of that one."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Why are you here?"
• (John Wayne) "Waiting for a fella. Name's Nelse McLeod."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Oh, Nelse McLeod with the --"
• (John Wayne) "That one. Want some coffee?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "No I don't."
• (John Wayne) "I met him down near the border. Said he wanted me to work with him on a job. Range war. But he said it'd be easy. All we had to worry about was a drunken sheriff. Are you sure you don't want some coffee?"

• (Robert Mitchum) "Bull, you go on shooting, we'll try to move up a little closer."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Just give me another gun and I'll play Marching Through Georgia."

• (Robert Mitchum) "He went out that door."
• (John Wayne) "Well you oughta know. You missed him."

• (Robert Mitchum) "Good morning, good morning, good morning -- I'd have more privacy in the El Paso railroad station."

Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "If you're gonna do that, here's a couple of badges."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Now, raise your right hand."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "I forgot the words, but you better say 'I do'."
• (Mississippi) "I do."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Now you're deputies."
• (Mississippi) "You suppose these will do any good if somebody takes a shot at us?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Give them a good mark to shoot at."

• (Mississippi) "Want me to go with you?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Yeah, if I get shot you can bring back the food."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Here's your gunpowder."
• (John Wayne) "Gunpowder?"
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Yup. Mississippi remembered it on the way to the store."
• (Mississippi) "Put it in, Bull."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "All of it?"
• (Mississippi) "Uh-huh, all of it."
• (John Wayne) "I hope you don't -- blow him up."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "I reckon he's got a more interesting misery than you got Sheriff."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Look Doc, I don't wanna take up your time but, er, mine's still bleeding."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Cole. He won't feel it."
• (John Wayne) "Well I owe him one."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "He ain't put that stopper back in that bottle in a coon's age."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Watch it, the way your hand's shaking don't let it get near the trigger."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Now don't you get on me, Bull."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "I ain't started yet."

• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "-- might have anyhow if I wasn't tryin' to figure out what that fella's got on his head."
• (Mississippi) "It called a hat."
• (Arthur Hunnicutt) "Well, I'll have to take your word for it."

Michele Carey as Joey

• (Michele Carey) "Would it be all right if I could see him, talk to him?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Why sure, Joey. Just, uh, let me have that gun."
• (Michele Carey) "Never mind."

Christopher George as Nelse McLeod

• (Christopher George) "You think he's that good?"
• (John Wayne) "Good ? Why he's --"
• (Christopher George) "The fourth man you were talking about."

• (Christopher George) "There's only three men I know of with his kind of speed. One of 'em's dead; one of em's me; and the other is Cole Thornton."
• (John Wayne) "There's a fourth."
• (Christopher George) "Which one are you?"
• (John Wayne) "I'm Thornton."

• (Christopher George) "Can you use a gun?"
• (Mississippi) "Well, if I could I'd be using one. Good evening."
• (John Wayne) "Just minute, Mississippi."
• (Mississippi) "Would you mind telling me why you have such a great passion for my company?"

Charlene Holt as Maudie

• (Charlene Holt) "You must like that man. Want me to tell you about him?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "You don't have to tell me about Cole."
• (Charlene Holt) "I know I don't. That's why I want to. I met Cole right after my husband was killed. I did tell you that."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Yeah, you told me."
• (Charlene Holt) "Well, there I was stranded. A gambler's widow, not a chip to my name. Cole was awful good to me. Gave me a stake. Helped me get on my feet. Never would take a -- I don't know J.P, with Cole and me I guess it's a -- I'll always think of him as a -- , as a --"
• (Robert Mitchum) "He's a top hand."
• (Charlene Holt) "I guess so."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Yeah, well, Cole always was pretty lucky."
• (Charlene Holt) "Have you known him a long time?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Yeah I've known him a long time, since before the war. We've, uh, we've travelled some together."
• (Charlene Holt) "Sure, I know what that means. It means either you saved his life or he saved yours, or both. And neither one of you will talk about it. Men."
• (Robert Mitchum) "Would you like it set to music, Maudie, with a full orchestra?"

Robert Donner as Milt

• (Robert Donner) "You've got a lot of faith in me, don't ya, Nelse?"
• (Christopher George) "Faith can move mountains, Milt. But it can't beat a faster draw. There's only three men I know with his kind of speed. One's dead. The other's me. And the third is Cole Thornton."
• (John Wayne) "There's a fourth."
• (Christopher George) "Which one are you?"
• (John Wayne) "I'm Thornton."
• (Christopher George) "Aren't you glad you didn't try, Milt? Pick up your guns, both of you, real easy."
• (John Wayne) "Like he said, real easy."

R. G. Armstrong as Kevin MacDonald

• (R. G. Armstrong) "I guess you're telling the truth; you wouldnta' come down here if you wasn't. I'm obliged to you for that."
• (John Wayne) "It don't help much."

• (R. G. Armstrong) "Are you backin' him up, Thornton?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "No he isn't."
• (John Wayne) "Let's just say I'm on your side, and this is no job for amateurs."

• (R. G. Armstrong) "What do you expect us to do?"
• (John Wayne) "Why don't you ask the sheriff?"
• (R. G. Armstrong) "The sheriff? Ya think I'm gonna wait on him?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Just give me an hour Macdonald. You can wait that long to die."

Ed Asner as Bart Jason

• (Ed Asner) "You just going to sit there, Mcleod?"
• (Christopher George) "-- Well there really isn't very much I can do right now, is there, Jason?"

• (Ed Asner) "Since when did hired guns get choosy? You're paid to take --"
• (John Wayne) "I'm paid to risk my neck. I'll decide where and when I'll do it. This isn't it."
• (Ed Asner) "Ya know, Thornton, I got an idea you just don't want to go up against Sheriff J.P. Harrah."
• (John Wayne) "You know, you're just about right?"
• (Ed Asner) "You think he's that good?"
• (John Wayne) "I tell ya he's that good."

Adam Roarke as Saul MacDonald

• (Adam Roarke) "Well, look who's here."
• (R. G. Armstrong) "You're a little late ain't ya."
• (Adam Roarke) "Yeah, whatcha you do, stop off for a drink?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "All right, I'm late. I maybe too late but that's no reason for the rest of you to get gunned down."
• (R. G. Armstrong) "Why do you say that?"
• (Robert Mitchum) "Because you're outclassed."

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