High Noon

Kane: [while riding out of town] It's no good. I've got to go back, Amy. Amy: Why? Kane: This is crazy. I haven't even got any guns. Amy: Then let's go on. Hurry. Kane: No, that's what I've been thinkin'. They're making me run. I've never run from anybody before. Amy: I don't understand any of this. Kane: [after looking at his vest watch] Well, I haven't got time to tell ya. Amy: Then don't go back, Will. Kane: I've got to. That's the whole thing. [He turns the buggy around and rides back into town]

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Barber: How many coffins we got? Fred: Two. Barber: We're gonna need at least two more, no matter how you figure. You'd better get busy, Fred.

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Kane: I sent a man up five years ago for murder. He was supposed to hang. But up North, they commuted it to life and now he's free. I don't know how. Anyway, it looks like he's coming back. Amy: I still don't understand. Kane: He was always wild and kind of crazy. He'll probably make trouble. Amy: But that's no concern of yours, not anymore. Kane: I'm the one who sent him up. Amy: Well, that was part of your job. That's finished now. They've got a new marshal. Kane: He won't be here until tomorrow. Seems to me I've got to stay. Anyway, I'm the same man with or without this. [He pins his badge on his vest] Amy: Oh, that isn't so. Kane: I expect he'll come lookin' for me. Three of his old bunch are waiting at the depot. Amy: That's exactly why we ought to go. Kane: They'll just come after us, four of 'em, and we'd be all alone on the prairie. Amy: We've got an hour. Kane: What's an hour?...What's a hundred miles? We'd never be able to keep that store, Amy. They'd come after us and we'd h

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Kane: Look Amy, this is my town. I've got friends here. I'll swear in a bunch of special deputies and with a posse behind me, maybe there won't even be any trouble. Amy: You know there'll be trouble. Kane: Then, it's better to have it here. I'm sorry, honey, I know how you feel about it. Amy: Do you? Kane: Of course I do. I know it's against your religion and all. Sure I know how you feel. Amy: But you're doing it just the same. Oh Will, we were married just a few minutes ago. We've got our whole lives ahead of us. Doesn't that mean anything to you? Kane: You know I've only got an hour and I've got lots to do. Stay at the hotel until it's over. Amy: No, I won't be here when it's over. You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow. I say it's too long to wait. I won't do it...I mean it. If you won't go with me now, I'll be on that train when it leaves here. Kane: [resolutely] I've got to stay.

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Judge Mettrick: In the 5th century B.C., the citizens of Athens, having suffered grievously under a tyrant, managed to depose and banish him. However when he returned some years later, with an army of mercenary, those same citizens not only opened the gates for him, but stood by while he executed members of the League of Government. A similar thing happened about eight years ago in a town called Indian Falls. I escaped death only through the intercession of a lady of somewhat dubious reputation - and uh, the cost of a very handsome ring which once belonged to my mother. Unfortunately, I have no more rings. Kane: You're a judge! Judge Mettrick: I've been a judge many times in many towns. I hope to live to be a judge again. Why must you be so stupid? Have you forgotten what he is? Have you forgotten what he's done to people? Have your forgotten that he's crazy? Don't you remember when he sat in that chair and said, 'You'll never hang me. I'll come back. I'll kill you, Will Kane. I swear

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Judge Mettrick: This is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really important. Now get out. Kane: There isn't time.

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