Big Jake (1971)
Christopher Mitchum: Michael McCandles
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Quotes
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Jake : Well, if you can shoot that far, a quarter of a mile straight along the edge of my nose is a mountain buck. Shoot it.
Michael McCandles : I don't kill to make a point, Father.
Jake : Michael, there's two reason to kill - survival and meat. We need meat!
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Michael McCandles : You want to chance it, Mother?
Martha McCandles : Buck?
Buck Duggan : No matter what happens, I think they'll kill the boy sooner or later. Texas has the best rifleman in the world, luck with 200 yards to hit them...
Martha McCandles : It's very daring, yes. Yes, I'll chance it. What you think. Jacob?
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles : Suit yourself, Martha
Martha McCandles : I was asking your opinion, Jacob
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles : No. You made up your mind and you made your decision alone, you live it alone
Martha McCandles : I was wrong. You haven't changed, have you, Jacob McCandles.
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles : Not one bit.
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Jake : What do you do when cockroaches get in the woodwork, Michael?
James McCandles : Smoke 'em out?
Jake : That's right.
Michael McCandles : Why not wait for them to make the first move?
Jake : Because waiting is good for them and bad for us. You get impatient, nervy, careless and maybe dead.
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Michael McCandles : Newspaper clippings. I killed a man for newspaper clippings.