Ride Lonesome (1959)

James Coburn: Whit

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• Whit : When are we gonna do Brigade?

  Sam Boone : Soon.

  Whit : I been thinkin'. He ain't a man you can go straight at. Now, me and you, we're gonna hafta figure a plan. Some way to get him between us.

  Sam Boone : Can't kill a man like Brigade from behind.

  Whit : We could stand off! I don't hold to endin' a man with a long gun...

  Sam Boone : [Boone cuts him off]  Don't worry, Whit. Time comes, I'll take care of it.

  Whit : Hope so. Hate to see you lose your place up Socorro way. Be mighty proud to work for you.

  Sam Boone : WORK for me?

  Whit : Well, I plowed when I was young... ain't much with chickens, but I can slop pigs with the best of 'em.

  Sam Boone : [Exasperated]  Whit, how long you and me been ridin' together?

  Whit : [Unsure]  'Bout... two years?

  Sam Boone : More like five.

  Whit : So?

  Sam Boone : So you ain't gonna be workin' for me.

  [Whit shuffles his feet, unsure of how to respond] 

  Sam Boone : You're gonna be a partner.

  Whit : [Disbelieving]  Partner?

  Sam Boone : Right down the middle.

  Whit : Well... how come?

  Sam Boone : [Patiently]  'Cause I like you, Whit.

  Whit : Well, I never knew that!

  Sam Boone : [Out of patience]  Now get up on that rise!

  Whit : Yes, SIR!

• Sam Boone : [Sees smoke signals]  Look at it out there. War signs.

  Whit : Well, we got a treaty with the Mescaleros, ain't we?

  Sam Boone : Just words on paper, Whit.

  Whit : Yeah, we been getting along.

  Sam Boone : I knew a man once. Got along with his wife. One day she up'n head-shot him.

  Whit : Dead? But why?

  Sam Boone : Got mad. Mescalero, they're mad.

  Whit : But we ain't done nothing to 'em.

  Sam Boone : We're white. That's good enough.

• Sam Boone : Is Brigade still trying to get that animal up, is he?

  Whit : Yeah, he was at it all night.

  Sam Boone : Why don't he shoot him and just get it over with?

  Whit : He said he wanted to wait. He claims animals is like people. Feel the mornin' sun on them and makes'm forget all the hurt they got. Make's them want start over.

  Sam Boone : There are sure times he doesn't act like a man that makes his way killin'.