The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Quotes

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean stopped airing in 1970.

It features John Foreman (producer) as producer, Maurice Jarre in charge of musical score, and Richard Moore (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is 120 minutes long. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is distributed by National General Pictures.

The cast includes: Paul Newman as Judge Roy Bean, Steve Kanaly as Whorehouse Lucky Jim (Jackson gang, Ava Gardner as Lily Langtry, Tab Hunter as Sam Dodd, Stacy Keach as Bad Bob, John Huston as Grizzly Adams, Roddy McDowall as Frank Gass, Victoria Principal as Maria Elena, Jim Burk as Bart Jackson, Jack Colvin as Pimp, and Jacqueline Bisset as Rose Bean.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Quotes

Paul Newman as Judge Roy Bean

• (Paul Newman) "Does she speak American?"

• (Paul Newman) "Well, that brothel there, will be my courthouse. A place to deal out justice."

• (Paul Newman) "What's your name, mister?"
• (John Huston) "I'm Grizzly Adams, direct descendant of John Quincy Adams -- sixth president of the United States. His blood is in me. But I went wild as a youth, and run away to the mountains. Good life, free life; but COLD. So cold I'd go to the bears in the winter and lie up with them in their cave. That's why I'm known as "Grizzly"; I cohabitated with the bears."
• (Paul Newman) "What are you doing in Vinegarroon?"
• (John Huston) "All my life I been cold. I come south to die where it's warm."
• (Paul Newman) "Well, it's warm here -- but there'll be no illegal dying. The only people that die in my town are those that I shoot or hang. Now, get along with ya'."
• (John Huston) "Can't die here, can't die there. Man can't even DIE where he sees fit no more. I want no part of what this world's come to and I'm GLAD my days are at an end."

• (Paul Newman) "I am -- disturbed by the news this morning."
• (Tector Crites (Jackson gang) "What is it, Judge?"
• (Paul Newman) "I am crestfallen --"
• (Tector Crites (Jackson gang) "Crestfallen?"
• (Paul Newman) "Crestfallen by the -- report that Miss Lily, in a playful mood at a royal outing, slipped a frog down the back of His Highness, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. It was a moment of frivolity, you understand."
• (Tector Crites (Jackson gang) "She slipped a frog down this prince's neck?"
• (Paul Newman) "Anyway, the Prince was ruffled by the incident -- and disfavored Miss Lily for it."
• (Tector Crites (Jackson gang) "I suppose he would."
• (Paul Newman) ""Suppose he would"? I ought to go over there and hang the son of a bitch. I would, too, except I got too much respect for the royal family."

• (Paul Newman) "By the power vested in me through God and the great and honorable State of Texas, I hereby proclaim you to be Marshals of the court of the county of greater Vinegarroon. For Texas and Miss Lily."
• (Fermel Parlee (Jackson gang) "For Texas and Miss Lily."

• (Paul Newman) "All of this has come to past because it is the duty of the righteous, which is us, to hang the wicked whenever we can. So, that a man can say truly that God has appointed a judge upon the earth. That is how it is; and the way it will be. Amen."
• (Victoria Principal) "Amen."
• (Paul Newman) "Bar is open."

• (Paul Newman) "I know who put those ideas in your heads. Well, they don't deserve any opinions. I'll do the thinkin' around here. And you can tell that to your whores; and your wives."

• (Paul Newman) "Get down off that horse. I don't cotton looking up to the likes of you."

• (Paul Newman) "The last time that bear ate a lawyer, he had the runs for thirty-three days."

• (Paul Newman) "I ain't gonna sentence you, boy. But, I am gonna warn ya. If you ain't out of town here in five minutes, I'm gonna open court in earnest."
• (Jack Colvin) "I haven't even got a horse."
• (Paul Newman) "Steal one. A fast one. Remember, we hang horse thieves around here."

• (Paul Newman) "I understand you have taken exception to my calling you whores. I'm sorry. I apologize. I ask you to note that I did not call you callous-ass strumpets, fornicatresses, or low-born gutter sluts. But I did say "whores." No escaping that. And for that slip of the tongue, I apologize."

• (Paul Newman) "Bean. Roy Bean."

• (Rev. Mr. LaSalle) "What has happened here?"
• (Paul Newman) "These men tried to hang me. They have been killed for it."
• (Rev. Mr. LaSalle) "How many of 'em are there?"
• (Paul Newman) "A lot of 'em."
• (Rev. Mr. LaSalle) "Who did the killing?"
• (Paul Newman) "I did. They were bad men, and the whores weren't ladies."
• (Rev. Mr. LaSalle) "Vengeance is mine sayeth, the Lord."
• (Paul Newman) "It was. I'm waiting for the buzzards. They don't deserve burying."
• (Rev. Mr. LaSalle) "Maybe they don't, but they ought to be. They are a stench and an abomination. I got a shovel if you don't."

• (Paul Newman) "It's cold, in that shack, where you live, ain't it?"
• (Victoria Principal) "Its alright in the Summer."
• (Paul Newman) "Yeah, but, it's cold in the winter and it leaks in the rain, don't it?"
• (Victoria Principal) "Sometimes."
• (Paul Newman) "And the wind comes through."
• (Victoria Principal) "Only when its blowing."
• (Paul Newman) "Yeah, well, it is Summer and the sky is clear, there's no wind; so, I think you ought to spend the night with me in the courthouse so I can protect you from the elements."

• (Paul Newman) "Have you ever been here before?"
• (Jim Burk) "Nope. I don't even know where I am now."
• (Paul Newman) "Well, it's the eagle's nest. Vinegarroon County, Texas."
• (Jim Burk) "Vinegarroon? What is a Vinegarroon?"
• (Paul Newman) "Well, it's a Mexican word. It means whiptail scorpion; mean as hell."

• (Paul Newman) "Hanging is the outlaw's path to glory -- and much too good for the likes of you."

• (Paul Newman) "Man has two loves: an unattainable goddess and mortal woman. And he loves the mortal woman twice as much. having worshipped Lily Langtry."

• (Paul Newman) "Got any money?"
• (Jim Burk) "Not much. We tried to rob Three Rivers Flyer. Couldn't catch it. The passengers shot at us from the windows for sport. Not easy bein' an outlaw in times like these."

• (Paul Newman) ""Crimes, Laws and Statutes in the State of Texas." What's that doin' here?"
• (Unnamed) "For the whores to piss on."

• (Paul Newman) "There are several reasons advanced for the fall of Rome: the decline of the military, increase in the savage hordes. But I got my own opinion. I think it was those Roman baths. Roman generals didn't even bother to fight their own wars no more. Swam around in scented oils, lollygagging with the slaves, stuffing themselves with larks' tongues."

• (Paul Newman) "There is a reward; for the righteous, courageous and the loyal. And that reward includes beer."

• (Paul Newman) "It's all changing. The country's changing. The railroad's coming. People will pass by -- and look out the window and never know what it took to make all this. They won't know about the bear. They won't know about me -- I guess it doesn't matter."
• (Victoria Principal) "I'm going to have your baby in the spring."
• (Paul Newman) "A son -- Make it a son. I need a son. King Louis XIV, King of France, had 103 of them. A man can't live forever. A man is mortal."

• (Paul Newman) "That bear's drunker than I am."

• (Paul Newman) "The ancient Greeks worshipped the feet of Aphrodite. They loved mortal women, as well. The same goes for me."

• (Paul Newman) "Where did you get that dress?"
• (Victoria Principal) "You sent for it."
• (Paul Newman) "Well, it sure didn't look like that in the Sears and Roebuck catalog."
• (Victoria Principal) "Don't you like it?"
• (Paul Newman) "With all due respect to Miss Lily, I think she'd understand; yeah, I like it a lot. Just don't go wearin' it around here during drinkin' hours."

• (Paul Newman) "Maybe you can explain to these people here that I mean them no harm. Tell 'em it's going to be a new place. It's going to be a nice place to live. I'm the new judge. There will be law. There is going to be order, progress, civilization, peace -- Above all, peace. And I don't care who I have to kill to get it. Now go on, you tell 'em that."

• (Paul Newman) "My dearest Lily: I take pen in hand to write to you for this very last time. I wish to tell you that although I've never seen you, or heard the sound of your voice, I have carried you with me in my heart always. Your presence on this earth has given me strength and dignity becoming to a gentleman. Helped me to drive away the cold of my long and lonely night. I wish to say lastly, it has been an honor to adore you. God willing, sometime in this life or afterwards, I may yet stand in your light and declare myself, forever and ever, your ardent admirer and champion -- Judge Roy Bean."

• (Paul Newman) "Justifiable homicide."
• (Paul Newman) "I fine this man, uh, $50 for disturbing the peace and $10 for lying around."

Roddy McDowall as Frank Gass

• (Roddy McDowall) "It seemed that the Judge found me valuable in defending prisoners who had financial resources elsewhere. A spirited defense might unearth these resources. I agreed to split the fees 60/40. I soon had a burgeoning law practice established. But I never forgot what that egomaniac had done to me. I intended to repay the Judge in full someday -- and I had allies."

• (Roddy McDowall) "We must be done with Beanism."

Steve Kanaly as Whorehouse Lucky Jim (Jackson gang

• (Steve Kanaly) "You call that justice?"
• (Paul Newman) "Justice is the handmaiden of law."
• (Nick the Grub (Jackson gang) "You said law was the handmaiden of justice."
• (Paul Newman) "Works both ways."

• (Nick the Grub (Jackson gang) "Damn, Judge. You shot him in the back."
• (Steve Kanaly) "Appears like he shot him in the back and the front. Judge, you didn't give him no chance."
• (Paul Newman) "He'd didn't deserve a chance. If he wanted a chance; he should have gone somewhere else."

• (Steve Kanaly) "Judge. Judge. Judge. Judge, better come quick. There's gonna be an illegal lynchin'."
• (Paul Newman) "Hold it. Hold it. The only lynchin' around here will be done accordin' to the law."
• (Fermel Parlee (Jackson gang) "Oh, hell, Judge. We got the tar and we got the feathers."

Victoria Principal as Maria Elena

• (Victoria Principal) "Shame on you Judge. Quarreling with a bear."
• (Paul Newman) "Did you see what he did to Miss Lily? He defiled her. He licked her dear face. Breathed on her with his beer-fouled breath. Oh."

• (Victoria Principal) "You should go and see her; before she grows old and fat."
• (Paul Newman) "Miss Lily's beauty is timeless."

Jack Colvin as Pimp

• (Jack Colvin) "I would like to make amends."
• (Paul Newman) "Amends? What you have done to these; gentle damsels. I accuse you, sir, of leadin' 'em down the Primrose Path; makin' 'em slaves to a passion in the dollar."
• (Jack Colvin) "Five dollars."
• (Unnamed) "Three."
• (Unnamed) "Two fifty."
• (Unnamed) "For you, Judge; nothin'."
• (Paul Newman) "Get those ladies down from that travelin' bordello and put 'em on the porch."

Stacy Keach as Bad Bob

• (Stacy Keach) "You go tell that snake-scum judge that I intend to burn his eyes out and feed him to the buzzards. But before I do, I want to eat breakfast. I've ridden a long way and amassed a powerful hunger."
• (Stacy Keach) "Now listen. You tell him -- to prepare to go to HELL. I will send him there directly. Now git."

Ava Gardner as Lily Langtry

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Jacqueline Bisset as Rose Bean

• (Jacqueline Bisset) "I am a Bean. And we Beans just don't know when we're licked."

Tab Hunter as Sam Dodd

• (Tab Hunter) "Don't I get to say nuthin'?"
• (Paul Newman) "By all means."
• (Tab Hunter) "I want to say that I still believe this whole thing's a mistake and that I am no worse and probably better than the men that are about to end my days."
• (Paul Newman) "Well spoken, son."

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