You Know My Name (1999 TV Movie)

Sam Elliott: Bill Tilghman

Quotes 

• Bill Tilghman : They said, "Put Tom Mix it - we'll show it."

  Zoe : What'd you say?

  Bill Tilghman : I told 'em Tom Mix is too damn pretty to come from Oklahoma!

• Bill Tilghman : This one - Dalton Brothers, who tried to rob two banks at one time. This thing about outlaws, boys - dumber'n stink bugs, most of 'em.

• Zoe : There're no more heroes.

  Bill Tilghman : Is that a fact?

  Zoe : Yes, it's a fact. He's talkin' about what the world's become after that horrible war.

  Bill Tilghman : You just mean he's talkin' about a couple a' lazy bums who need a good kick in their Royal Americans.

• Bill Tilghman : I do admire your fine opinion, Mr. Lynn. Yessir - Poppin' up there like mushrooms on a manure pile.

• Bill Tilghman : A man's gotta stick up fer who he's been, Emmet - things he believes in - otherwise, what'd God put 'im here for?

• Bill Tilghman : I never seen a town I couldn't handle.

  Zoe : Well, aren't you just God Almighty!

  Bill Tilghman : Oh, now simmer down, Zoe...

  Zoe : That's right; I fergot - You rode with th' Earps, partnered with Masterson, captured Cattle Annie and Little Britches, brought in the Wild Bunch - Ye'r Bill Tilghman! You can do anything! Well, I don't need another horse's ass, 'cuz I'm already livin' with one!

• Bill Tilghman : Jist put that gun away, mister; go on home. I never killed a man I didn't have to. Jist hate seein' a man's face when he dies. It changes from bein' a person to a thing. Y' ever seen that?

• Reporter : ...So a bunch of you old, uh, no offense, you Oklahoma lawmen got fed up and raised your own money to make a picture that told the true story, how it really was back in the early day, is that it?

  Bill Tilghman : Mister, there's only one story young folks in this country should understand - that's jist how low and orn'ry and mean the life of an outlaw was then and still is today.

• Bill Tilghman : Ever seen a man burned alive? Old-timers say a horse can scream 'til it'll near burst your ears. A horse ain't nuthin' to a man.

• Bill Tilghman : A long time ago - after my pa's at war - I was runnin' the farm my own - and my sister - we're gatherin' blackberries off Atchinson Road...

  Tench : What happened, Pa?

  Bill Tilghman : This lone rider - came up on an old government remount - big, wide-brimmed hat, silver marshal's badge, and this frock shirt - couple of long-barreled Colts on front his belt - and a long, droopy mustache. Funny how I can see it so clear, even today.

  Tench : Well, whad'he want?

  Bill Tilghman : Well, he said he was lookin' for a man with a stand of mules - wondered if we'd seen 'em...

  Bill Tilghman's son Woody : Didja?

  Bill Tilghman : Yup, yup, we sure did, and we told 'im so - seem this fella stole these mules, all the way back from Fort Hayes - had the bad luck t' bein' chased 400 miles by William P. Hickock!