Johnny Guitar Quotes

Johnny Guitar is a television program that first aired in 1970 . Johnny Guitar ended in 1970.

It features Herbert Yates as producer, Peggy Lee in charge of musical score, and Harry Stradling Sr. as head of cinematography.

Johnny Guitar is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Johnny Guitar is 110 minutes long. Johnny Guitar is distributed by Republic Pictures.

The cast includes: Joan Crawford as Vienna, Sterling Hayden as Johnny, Mercedes McCambridge as Emma, Robert Osterloh as Sam, Frank Ferguson as Marshal Williams, Scott Brady as Dancin' Kid, John Carradine as Old Tom, Rhys Williams as Mr. Andrews, Ernest Borgnine as Bart, Paul Fix as Eddie, Royal Dano as Corey, and Ward Bond as John McIvers.

Johnny Guitar Quotes

Ernest Borgnine as Bart

• (Ernest Borgnine) "A man who can't hold on to a glass should drink like a baby from a bottle. Open your mouth guitar man, and I'll feed ya."

Joan Crawford as Vienna

• (Joan Crawford) "You haven't changed at all, Johnny."
• (Sterling Hayden) "What made you think I had?"
• (Joan Crawford) "In five years, a person should learn something."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Five years ago, I met you in a saloon; now I find you in one. I don't see much change."
• (Joan Crawford) "Except I own this one."

• (Joan Crawford) "The railroad's sending in people by tens, twenties, hundreds, and thousands. You can't keep them all out. Tell them, Mr. Andrews."
• (Rhys Williams) "I think you put it rather well."
• (Ward Bond) "You're not buildin' no depot here."
• (Rhys Williams) "That's for Vienna to decide."
• (Joan Crawford) "Vienna decided."

• (Joan Crawford) "When a fire burns itself out, all you have left is ashes."

• (Joan Crawford) "Who are you?. And you, and you, to break into my house with your angry faces and evil minds?."

• (Joan Crawford) "You shouldn't have come back, Tom."
• (John Carradine) "I won't be in the way."
• (Joan Crawford) "I can't have anyone here."
• (John Carradine) "Nobody notices me. I'm just part of the furniture."

• (Joan Crawford) "Sam, light a lamp and hang it outside."
• (Robert Osterloh) "Nobody'll be in in this weather."
• (Joan Crawford) "And if they do, how can they find the place? Just hang a lamp."
• (Robert Osterloh) "Never seen a woman who was more of a man. She thinks like one, acts like one, and sometimes makes me feel like I'm not."

• (Joan Crawford) "Spin the wheel, Eddie."
• (Paul Fix) "What for? There's no customers."
• (Joan Crawford) "I like to hear it spin."

• (Joan Crawford) "If you remember, McGyvers gave me 24 hours to close. I drew out my own money, paid off my boys -- and I'm closed. You can't buy a drink or turn a card. I'm sitting here in my own house, minding my own business, playing my own piano. I don't think you can make a crime out of that."

• (Joan Crawford) "A man can lie, steal -- and even kill. But as long as he hangs on to his pride, he's still a man. All a woman has to do is slip; once. And she's a "tramp." Must be a great comfort to you to be a man."

Sterling Hayden as Johnny

• (Sterling Hayden) "There's nothin' like a good smoke and a cuppa' coffee. You know, some men got the craving for gold and silver. Others need lotsa' land, with herds of cattle. And then there's those that got the weakness for whiskey, and for women. When you boil it all down, what does a man really need? Just a smoke and a cup of coffee."
• (Frank Ferguson) "And who are you?"
• (Sterling Hayden) "The name, sir, is Johnny Guitar."
• (Scott Brady) "That's no name."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Anybody care to change it?"
• (Joan Crawford) "I hired you to play the guitar, not insult my customers."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Well, if these are your customers, I'm not so sure I'll take this job."
• (Joan Crawford) "That's pretty strong talk for a man who doesn't wear a gun."

• (Sterling Hayden) "They're closing the pass. If you're thinking of running, it's a little late. I've got a hunch the posse will be droppin' in on ya' before night. Same people who paid you a visit yesterday, only they won't be the same. A posse isn't people. I've ridden with 'em, and I've ridden against 'em. A posse is an animal that moves like one and thinks like one."
• (Joan Crawford) "They're men with itchy fingers and a coil of rope around their saddle horns, lookin' for somebody to hang. And after riding a few hours they don't care much WHO they hang. You haven't told me a thing I don't know."

• (Sterling Hayden) "How many men have you forgotten?"
• (Joan Crawford) "As many women as you've remembered."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Don't go away."
• (Joan Crawford) "I haven't moved."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Tell me something nice."
• (Joan Crawford) "Sure, what do you want to hear?"
• (Sterling Hayden) "Lie to me. Tell me all these years you've waited. Tell me."
• (Joan Crawford) "All those years I've waited."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Tell me you'd a-died if I hadn't come back."
• (Joan Crawford) "I woulda died if you hadn't come back."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Tell me you still love me like I love you."
• (Joan Crawford) "I still love you like you love me."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Thanks. Thanks a lot."

• (Sterling Hayden) "Her name was Emma Smalls, Emma Smalls."

• (Sterling Hayden) "There's only two things in this world that a 'real man' needs: a cup of coffee and a good smoke."

Scott Brady as Dancin' Kid

• (Scott Brady) "How did it feel with that rope around your neck, Vienna?"
• (Joan Crawford) "Try it sometime."

• (Scott Brady) "I didn't get your name stranger."
• (Sterling Hayden) "Guitar. Johnny Guitar."
• (Scott Brady) "You call that a name?"
• (Sterling Hayden) "Care to try and change it?"

• (Scott Brady) "How'd Turkey take it? Hard?"
• (Sterling Hayden) "You ever know anyone to take a hangin' easy?"

• (Scott Brady) "Hangin' -- That's a mean way to go."

• (Scott Brady) "Maybe you're right, Bart. This dust and sand is bad for Corey's lungs. How'd you like to come home with me, Corey?"
• (Royal Dano) "Where's your home?"
• (Scott Brady) "New York."
• (Ernest Borgnine) "New York? I been there. Stinks of fish."
• (Scott Brady) "And where you come from don't stink -- much."

Mercedes McCambridge as Emma

• (Mercedes McCambridge) "I'm going to kill you."
• (Joan Crawford) "I know. If I don't kill you first."

• (Mercedes McCambridge) "You're nothing but a railroad tramp."

• (Mercedes McCambridge) "You're nothin' but a railroad tramp. You're not fit to live among us."

Rhys Williams as Mr. Andrews

• (Rhys Williams) "Tell me, why did you pick this spot to build? How could you possibly know that the railroad was coming this way?"
• (Joan Crawford) "Some time ago I ran into your surveyor and -- we exchanged confidences. When the railroad comes through here, how much do you think this property will be worth?"
• (Rhys Williams) "What's Albuquerque worth?"
• (Joan Crawford) "How would you like to share in it? I'll need all the help I can get."
• (Rhys Williams) "I couldn't help you. I'm not very handy with a gun."
• (Joan Crawford) "I'm offering you an opportunity to get rich."
• (Rhys Williams) "An opportunity to get killed would be more accurate."

Frank Ferguson as Marshal Williams

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John Carradine as Old Tom

• (John Carradine) "Look -- everybody's looking at me. It's the first time I ever felt important."

• (John Carradine) "That's a lot of man you're carryin' in those boots, stranger. You know, there's something about a tall man makes people sit up and take notice."

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