Jeremiah Johnson (film) Quotes

Jeremiah Johnson (film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Jeremiah Johnson completed its run in 1970.

It features Joe Wizan as producer, Tim McIntire in charge of musical score, and Duke Callaghan as head of cinematography.

Jeremiah Johnson (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Jeremiah Johnson (film) is 108 minutes long. Jeremiah Johnson (film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Stefan Gierasch as Del Gue, Will Geer as Bear Claw Chris Lapp, Delle Bolton as Swan, Matt Clark as Qualen, Charles Tyner as Robidoux, and Jack Colvin as Lt. Mulvey.

Jeremiah Johnson (film) Quotes

Will Geer as Bear Claw Chris Lapp

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "You understand what he's sayin'?"
• (Will Geer) "Paints-His-Shirt speaks English, he just does this to aggravate me."

• (Will Geer) "Bear Claw is building a hot coal bed putting and covering them to sleep on, tells Jeremiah to do like wise. Middle of the night Jeremiahs blankets start smoking and jumps out of bed."
• (Will Geer) "Bear Claw looks up from his bed and says" Didn't put enough dirt down, Saw it right off""

• (Will Geer) "You've come far pilgrim."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Feels like far."
• (Will Geer) "Were it worth the trouble?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Huh? What trouble?"

• (Will Geer) "Missed another war down there, hmm?"

• (Will Geer) "You've learned well, pilgrim. You'll go far; provided you ain't burnt alive, or scalped."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "I will do my best."
• (Will Geer) "You can cut wood and leave it up on the "Judith." The riverboat captains will leave you gold, if you put out a pouch. Good thing to know, when times gits hard."
• (Will Geer) "Watch your topknot."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Yep. Watch your'n."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Y'ever get lonesome?"
• (Will Geer) "Fer what?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Woman?"
• (Will Geer) "Full time night woman? I never could find no tracks on a woman's heart. I packed me a squaw for ten year, Pilgrim. Cheyenne, she were, and the meanest bitch that ever balled for beads. I lodge-poled her at Deadwood Creek, and traded her for a Hawken gun. But don't get me wrong; I loves the womens, I surely do. But I swear, a woman's breast is the hardest rock that the Almighty ever made on this earth, and I can find no sign on it."

• (Will Geer) "Watch your top knot."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Yep, watch your'n."

• (Will Geer) "You're the same dumb pilgrim that I been hearin' for twenty days, and smellin' for three."

• (Will Geer) "What's on the spit?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Grown particular?"
• (Will Geer) "Not the feedin' -- just the company I keep."

• (Will Geer) "You two know each other?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "I seen him once."
• (Will Geer) "He says you fish poorly."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Wind's right, but he'll just run soon as we step out of these trees."
• (Will Geer) "Trick to it. Walk out on this side of your horse."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "What if he sees our feet?"
• (Will Geer) "Elk don't know how many feet a horse has."

• (Will Geer) "Are you sure you can skin grizz?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Just as fast as you can catch' em."
• (Will Geer) "Skin that one, pilgrim, and I'll get you another."

• (Will Geer) "I am Bear Claw Chris Lapp; bloodkin to the grizzer that bit Jim Bridger's ass. YOU are molesting my hunt."

• (Will Geer) "You know how to skin griz?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "I can skin most anything."
• (Will Geer) "You sure are cocky, for a starvin' pilgrim."

Stefan Gierasch as Del Gue

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "You'll do well, Del; providing you don't get into trouble with all that hair."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. "Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men." "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "Don't you want any of these?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "What?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Scalps."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "No."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Well, Mother Gue never raised such a foolish child."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "You'll do well, Del, you'll do well; if you don't get into too much trouble with all that hair."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was coming to mountains to trap and be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Says "Son, make your life go here, here's where the peoples is. Them mountains is for animals and savages." I says, "Mother Gue, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world", and by God, I was right."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Yes, you were."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "Which way you headed, Jeremiah?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Canada, maybe. I hear there is land there a man has never seen."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Well, keep your nose in the wind, and your eyes along the skyline."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "I will do that, Del Gue."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "Ain't that Hatchet Jack's rifle?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Yep. Found him froze to a tree."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Damn. He was a wild one, old Hatchet Jack. He was livin' two year in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Del Gue, I don't think this is a good idea."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "He may be a Christian and talk white; but he's still an Indian and his rules is his rules. Now, when this is over you can talk her to Fort Hawley and trade her, but you will get married my friend. Besides, maybe she ain't half bad."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "You turn down this gift, and they'll slit you, me, Caleb and the horses from crotch to eyeball with a dull deer antler."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Where you headed?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Same place you are, Jeremiah: hell, in the end."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "Is it always like this? One at a time?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Yep."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Lucky they were Crow. Apache would have sent fifty at once."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "He wants to know if you are the great warrior who avenges the crazy women that lives in the Wolf Tail Valley. She's big medicine and you are too, if you be that man."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Say, why's he yellin'?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Scared of ya."

• (Stefan Gierasch) "Amongst lnjuns -- a tribe's greatness is figured on how mighty its enemies be."

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Are you all right?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Sure, sure, I got a fine horse under me."
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Got one of them feathers in my nose."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "You keep sneezing, it'll come out all right. Haven't seen anyone pass by recent, have you?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Nobody's gone in front of me. Can't say what's happened behind me, though."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "The Injuns put you here?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "T'weren't Mormons. A Chief, name of Mad Wolf. Nice fella, don't talk a hell of a lot. Say, you wouldn't have an extra hat on you, would you? Shade's getting' scarce in these parts."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "What'd you shave your head for?"
• (Stefan Gierasch) "Mad Wolf figures like every other Injun I know. Says this scalp isn't fit for no decent man's lodgepole. Ain't the first time I've protected my head in such a way. Name's Del Gue, with an "e"."

Charles Tyner as Robidoux

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Just where is it I could find bear, beaver, and other critters worth cash money when skinned?"
• (Charles Tyner) "Ride due west as the sun sets. Turn left at the Rocky Mountains."

Matt Clark as Qualen

• (Matt Clark) "Some say you're dead on account of this. Some say you never will be -- on account of this."

Delle Bolton as Swan

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Great hunter. Yes?"
• (Delle Bolton) "Yes."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Fine figure of a man. Yes?"
• (Delle Bolton) "Yes."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Good. That is all you need to know. For now."

Jack Colvin as Lt. Mulvey

• (Jeremiah Johnson) "How does the war go?"
• (Jack Colvin) "Which war?"
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "The war against the President of Mexico."
• (Jack Colvin) "Why, it's over."
• (Jeremiah Johnson) "Who won?"

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