Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)

Robert Ellis: Butch Owens

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Quotes 

• [referring to a newspaper headline which reads "'Get Out of Town' District Attorney Tells Beer Barons"] 

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : That's bad publicity for my business!

  New York City Dist. Atty. Brent : You've been reading the funny papers again, Owens.

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : Look here, Brent, you can't get away with this! You can't put me...

  New York City Dist. Atty. Brent : I can't... but I will. You and every rat that hasn't found a hole to crawl into when that deadline is up.

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : I've heard that before - just around election time.

  New York City Dist. Atty. Brent : Yes, but get this, Owens - you're a candidate right now for that "hot seat" at The Big House. And if you're in town by this time tomorrow, you're as good as elected.

• [Owens orders a henchman to shoot Martin Kildare's cattle] 

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : Here's where beef goes down. Let 'em have it!

  Al : [pulls out a machine gun and aims it at the herd]  I'll play my best tune.

• Jimmy 'Breezy' Kildare : [punches Owens]  So you're tough, eh?

  [punches him again] 

  Jimmy 'Breezy' Kildare : You can dish it out, but you can't take it! Well, you're in a country now where you got to take it. Here's a little of what you gave to me!

  [hits him again] 

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : Don't I get a break?

  Jimmy 'Breezy' Kildare : You bet you don't! There's no lawyers here to pull a habeus corpus... but there's a gang here who can pull a rope! Get up.

  B.H. 'Butch' Owens : Give me a break!

  Walrus : Surrre, we'll give you a break. We'll give you a rope and a tree that ain't never been used before.