The Wild North (1952)
Cyd Charisse: Indian Girl
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Quotes
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Jules Vincent : Tell me, you're part Chippewa, are you not? What are you doing here...
Indian Girl : In a place like this?
Jules Vincent : Yes.
Indian Girl : I wonder myself. I thought maybe - you see I wanted to sing. Now it's just a job. One has to eat, that's all.
Jules Vincent : It's not enough.
Indian Girl : Why isn't it?
Jules Vincent : Because you're not happy.
Indian Girl : And how can you tell this?
Jules Vincent : Oh, the way you sing, the way you act.
Indian Girl : Well, if I'm not happy, at least I'm working.
Jules Vincent : No, no work is is good that does not make you happy.
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Indian Girl : [singing] Northern lights light up the sky, Find my lover before I die...
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Jules Vincent : Don't make it more than it is.
Indian Girl : I know what it is. It's your life!
Jules Vincent : Listen, for a man or a mole or a bird, everyday is life and death.
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Jules Vincent : I come here to get drunk and - -
[looks at the Indian Girl up and down]
Jules Vincent : to talk.
Indian Girl : Are you drunk now?
Jules Vincent : No. Not yet. When I am drunk I got back to my trap lines. You see, a man should do what he does the best. If I were to go after gold, I would just be another fool. But, in my own life, I am the best. And gold can buy many things; but, it cannot buy that.
Indian Girl : You are the best one?
Jules Vincent : Sure. I am the best trapper in the north country.
Indian Girl : You are sure you are not drunk yet?