Cattle Empire (1958)

Joel McCrea: John Cord

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• John Cord : Nobody in his right mind could ask John Cord to move a herd now.

  Ralph Hamilton : Nobody but John Cord could move a herd this size - five thousand head full of ringers.

  John Cord : I'm lookin' at this room. It doesn't make me think you're desperate... doesn't make me think movin' five thousand head of cattle is life or death.

  Ralph Hamilton : Rooms don't change much but bank accounts do.

• John Cord : You know, I ws thinkin' about havin' a drink. Either of you interested?

  George Washington Jeffrey : Interested? Noooo.

  Tom Jefferson Jeffrey : The only thing he's interested in is when you're goin' to ask us.

• Garth : Lots of trials we rode together, Cord. Lots of things I learned from you.

  John Cord : You can forget 'em.

  Garth : Some things a man doesn't forget, like John Cord's rule for a herd-drinking special - always carry your own keg of whiskey. Let the men break it open in camp to let off some steam. Keeps them from werecking an innocent town.

  John Cord : I don't seem to remember that at the trial.

• Garth : Nothing to it, Cord. Betwen us we could build the biggest cattle empire this country has ever seen.

  John Cord : I'm not interested in cattle empires, but for the Fort Clemson drive, you got yourself a trail boss.

• John Cord : Keep your herd pointed due East. You should hit Horse Thief Creek in about ten days.

  Garth : Where are you taking them?

  John Cord : Northeast.

  Garth : The Dismal River... it's bone dry, isn't it?

  John Cord : No. They'll be able to smell it. It's too thin to plow and too thick to drink.

  Garth : Those cows will go berzerk.

• John Cord : Seems like you're always with the cattle.

  Sandy Jeffrey : Seems like they're better than most people to be with.