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Once Upon a Time in the West Quotes

Once Upon a Time in the West is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Once Upon a Time in the West ended its run in 1970.

It features Fulvio Morsella as producer, Ennio Morricone in charge of musical score, and Tonino Delli Colli as head of cinematography.

Once Upon a Time in the West is recorded in English and originally aired in Italy. Each episode of Once Upon a Time in the West is 165 minutes long. Once Upon a Time in the West is distributed by Euro International Film, and Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Charles Bronson as Harmonica, Jack Elam as Snaky, Gabriele Ferzetti as Morton, Henry Fonda as Frank, Jason Robards as Cheyenne, and Claudia Cardinale as Jill.

Once Upon a Time in the West Quotes

Jason Robards as Cheyenne

  • (Jason Robards) "Hey, Harmonica, when they do you in, pray it's somebody who knows where to shoot. Go away. Go away. Go away, I don't want you to see me die."
  • (Jason Robards) "Listen, Harmonica, a town built around a railroad; mm mm mm mmm; you could make a fortune, huh? Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hey, more than that. Thousands of thousands."
  • (Charles Bronson) "They call them "millions.""
  • (Jason Robards) ""Millions." Hm."
  • (Jason Robards) "You deserve better."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "The last man who told me that -- is buried out there."
  • (Jason Robards) "Make believe it's nothing."
  • (Jason Robards) "He not only plays, he can shoot, too."
  • (Jason Robards) "Hey, Mr. Choo-choo."
  • (Cheyenne's Lieutenant) "Cheyenne. We thought we'd never make it."
  • (Jason Robards) "It's all right. You're right on time -- to bury my escort."
  • (Jason Robards) "Hey, what in the hell are you standing around for?"
  • (Cheyenne's Lieutenant) "Well, gee, what are we supposed to do?"
  • (Jason Robards) "What are you supposed to do? Build a station. Idiots."
  • (Jason Robards) "I figure it ain't gonna look like much, but it'll be the first thing she sees, when she gets back."
  • (Charles Bronson) "If she gets back."
  • (Jason Robards) "Hey. Mister Tchoo-Tchoo."
  • (Jason Robards) "He not only plays. He can shoot too."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Do you only know how to shoot? Or do you know how to cut too?"
  • (Jason Robards) "You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was; for an hour or for a month; he must have been a happy man."
  • (Jason Robards) "You know what? If I was you, I'd go down there and give those boys a drink. Can't imagine how happy it makes a man to see a woman like you, just to look at her. And if one of them should, uh, pat your behind, just make believe it's nothing. They earned it."
  • (Jason Robards) "Yeah, go on. Play, Harmonica. Play, so you can't bulls***."
  • (Jason Robards) "You know, ma'am, when you've killed four, it's easy to make it five."
  • (Jason Robards) "What the hell is this?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "Can't you see?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "It's a station. And all around it a town. Brett McBain's town."
  • (Jason Robards) "Was HE crazy, heh."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Yeah in a very special way. An Irishman."
  • (Charles Bronson) "He knew sooner or later that railroad coming through Flagstone would continue on west, so he looked over all this county out here until he found this hunk of desert. Nobody wanted it, but he bought it."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Then he tightened his belt, and for years he waited."
  • (Jason Robards) "Waited for what?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "For the railroad to reach this point."
  • (Jason Robards) "Ah, but how in the hell could he be sure the railroad would pass through his property?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "Them steam engines can't roll without water, and the only water for fifty miles west of Flagstone is right here, under this land."
  • (Jason Robards) "Ah-ha. He was no fool, our dead friend, huh?"
  • (Jason Robards) "He was going to sell this piece of desert for his weight in gold, wasn't he?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "You don't sell the dream of a lifetime. Brett McBain wanted his station. He got the rights to build it."
  • (Jason Robards) "How do you know all this?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "I saw a document. It was all in order; seals, signatures, everything. One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause which says that McBain or his heirs lose all rights if, by the time the railroad reaches this point, the station ain't built yet."

Henry Fonda as Frank

  • (Henry Fonda) "Surprised to see me here?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "I knew you'd come."
  • (Henry Fonda) "You paid five thousand dollars for something belongs to me."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Five thousand --"
  • (Henry Fonda) "-- plus one."
  • (Henry Fonda) "You got a right to make a profit, too."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Pick any method you like, just make the deal."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Which deal, Frank? We have more than one, you and me."
  • (Henry Fonda) "You've made a big mistake, Morton. When you're not on that train, you look like a turtle out of its shell. It's funny. Poor cripple talkin' big so nobody'll know how scared ya are."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Who are you?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "Jim Cooper, Chuck Youngblood."
  • (Henry Fonda) "More dead men."
  • (Charles Bronson) "They were all alive until they met you, Frank."
  • (Henry Fonda) "What do you want? Who are ya?"
  • (Charles Bronson) "Dave Jenkins."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Dave Jenkins is dead a long time ago."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Calder Benson."
  • (Henry Fonda) "What's your name? Benson's dead, too."
  • (Charles Bronson) "You ought to know, Frank, better than anyone. You killed 'em."
  • (Henry Fonda) "How can you trust a man that wears both a belt and suspenders? Man can't even trust his own pants."
  • (Frank's lieutenant) "What are we going to do with this one, Frank?"
  • (Henry Fonda) "Now that you've called me by name?"

Claudia Cardinale as Jill

  • (Claudia Cardinale) "You wake up one morning and say "World, I know you. From now on there are no more surprises," and then you happen to meet a man like this, who looked like a good man; clear eyes, strong hands; and he wants to marry you, which doesn't happen often, and he says he's rich, too, which doesn't hurt."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "Cheyenne."
  • (Jason Robards) "Huh?"
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "What's he waiting for out there? What's he doing?"
  • (Jason Robards) "He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling, when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "But -- but they were his men."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Yeah."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "And they tried to kill him."
  • (Charles Bronson) "They must've found somebody who pays better."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "And YOU. You saved his life."
  • (Charles Bronson) "I didn't let them kill him, and that's not the same thing."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "Hey, you're sort of a handsome man."
  • (Jason Robards) "But I'm not the right man. And neither is he."

Charles Bronson as Harmonica

  • (Charles Bronson) "When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground."
  • (Charles Bronson) "The reward for this man is 5000 dollars, is that right?"
  • (Jason Robards) "Judas was content for 4970 dollars less."
  • (Charles Bronson) "There were no dollars in them days."
  • (Jason Robards) "But sons of bitches -- yeah."
  • (Charles Bronson) "You know, Wobbles -- I'm kind of mad at you."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Now I gotta go. Gonna be a beautiful town, Sweetwater."
  • (Claudia Cardinale) "I hope you'll come back someday."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Someday."
  • (Charles Bronson) "And Frank?"
  • (Jack Elam) "Frank sent us."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Did you bring a horse for me?"
  • (Jack Elam) "Well -- looks like we're --"
  • (Jack Elam) "-- looks like we're shy one horse."
  • (Charles Bronson) "You brought two too many."
  • (Charles Bronson) "Time sure flies. It's already past twelve."

Gabriele Ferzetti as Morton

  • (Frank's lieutenant) "How do you, uh -- how do you play this game, Mr. Morton?"
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "It's very simple. As long as you use your head, you never lose."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Hm. You should learn to live as if you didn't exist."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Not bad. Congratulations. Tell me, was it necessary that you kill all of them? I only told you to scare them."
  • (Henry Fonda) "People scare better when they're dying."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "I got on board within sight of the Atlantic, and before my eyes close I want to see the blue of the Pacific outside that window."
  • (Henry Fonda) "I know where you got on. I was there too remember? To remove small obstacles from the track you said. Well there were a few."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Is that sufficient to make you feel stronger?"
  • (Henry Fonda) "I could squash you like a wormy apple."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Sure, but you won't do it -- because it's not to -- your advantage."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Hmm. Who knows how far you'd have gone with two good legs, huh?"
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "You'll never succeed in becoming like me."
  • (Henry Fonda) "Why?"
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Because there are many things you'll never understand."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "This is one of 'em. You see, Frank, there are many kinds of weapons, and the only one that can stop that is this."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "Now, shall we get back to our little problem?"
  • (Henry Fonda) "My weapons might look simple to you, Mr. Morton, but they can still shoot holes big enough for our little problems."
  • (Gabriele Ferzetti) "How does it feel sitting behind that desk, Frank?"
  • (Henry Fonda) "It's almost like holding a gun -- only much more powerful."

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