Rancho Notorious (1952)
Marlene Dietrich: Altar Keane
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Quotes
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Altar Keane : [to Vern] I'd wish you go away... and come back ten years ago.
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Baldy Gunder : Altar, you don't smile enough.
Altar Keane : I'm sick of smiling.
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Altar Keane : [Her birthday is tomorrow] Don't ask how old I'll be tomorrow, or I'll ask you.
Frenchy Fairmont : Does another year bother you?
Altar Keane : Every year's a threat to a woman.
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Frenchy Fairmont : He used his head and he used his guts.
Altar Keane : Uses his eyes too, doesn't he.
[to Vern]
Altar Keane : What are you staring at? Should I turn around?
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Preacher : Somewhere it is written there are three things a man really requires: good whiskey, a bold song, and an honest woman.
Altar Keane : Or any woman.
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Vern Haskell : It strikes me real unfair, ma'am.
Altar Keane : Why?
Vern Haskell : I got two slaps, only one kiss.
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Vern Haskell : I am to get slapped again, if I can.
Altar Keane : I knew you would.
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Altar Keane : Sometimes I like a man who doesn't believe what a woman tells him.
Vern Haskell : And I like a woman who's sometimes cold like ice, sometimes burning like the sun, a pipe dream in blue jeans and a birthday dress.
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Vern Haskell : To be honest with you, ma'am, I've heard so many different stories about you, I wasn't certain there was any Altar Keane.
Altar Keane : What do you think I was? A pipe dream?
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Altar Keane : [singing] A young man is full of adventure, And eager to do what he can, He may be a joy, But don't send a boy, To do the work of a man...
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Altar Keane : [singing] A young man will come when you call him, And leave when you tell him to go, But some day he'll guess, A woman means yes, Whenever a woman says no...
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Altar Keane : Vern, when you come to a fenced range, do you always try to climb over it?
Vern Haskell : I always see if the gates open, first.
Altar Keane : One way or another, though, you try.
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Altar Keane : This is Comanche Paul. He's half-Indian - the honest half.