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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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Harvey: If you'd gone with a new Marshal not due here 'til tomorrow, I'd be in charge around here, right?...If I'm good enough to hold down a job when there's trouble, how come the city fathers didn't trust me with it permanently? Kane: I don't know. Harvey: Don't ya? Kane: No. Harvey: That's funny. I figured you carried a lot of weight. Kane: Maybe they didn't ask me. Maybe they figured you were too young. Harvey: Do you think I'm too young too? Kane: You sure act like it sometimes. Come on. Harvey: It's very simple, Will. All you've got to do is tell the old boys when they come that I'm the new marshal. And tomorrow, they can tell the other fella they're sorry but the job's filled. Kane: You really mean it, don't ya? Harvey: Sure. Kane: Well, I can't do it. Harvey: Why not? Kane: If you don't know, it's no use me tellin' ya. Harvey: You mean you won't do it. Kane: Have it your way. Harvey: All right. The truth is, you probably talked against me from the start. You've been sore about

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Helen: What are you looking at? You think I have changed? Well, what do you want? Do you want me to help you? Do you want me to ask Frank to let you go? Do you want me to beg for you? Well, I would not do it. I would not lift a finger for you. Kane: I came to tell ya he was comin'. I should have figured you'd know about it. Helen: I know about it. Kane: I think you ought to get out of town. I might not be able to, well...anything can happen. Helen: I'm not afraid of him. Kane: I know you're not, but you, you know how he is. Helen: I know how he is. Maybe he doesn't know. Kane: He's probably got letters. Helen: Probably. Nothing in life is free. I'm getting out. I'm packing. Kane: That's good. Helen: Un año sin verte. ("One year without seeing you.") Kane: Si, lo sé. ("Yes, I know it.") Kane: Goodbye, Helen. Helen: Kane, if you're smart, you will get out too. Kane: I can't. Helen: I know.

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Coy: [the town has gathered in the church to discuss what is to be done] Yes, we all know who Miller is, but we put him away once. And who saved him from hanging? The politicians up North. I say this is their mess. Let them take care of it. Sawyer: We've been payin' good money right along for a marshal and deputies. Now the first time there's any trouble, we're supposed to take care of it ourselves. Well, what have we been payin' for all this time? I say we're not peace officers. This ain't our job! Man: I've been sayin' right along, we ought to have more deputies. If we did, we wouldn't be facin' this thing now. Ezra: [stands] I can't believe I've heard some of the things that have been said here. You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Sure, we paid this man and he was the best marshal this town ever had. It ain't his trouble, it's ours. I tell ya, if we don't do what's right, we're gonna have plenty more trouble. So there ain't but one thing to do now, and you all know what that

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Amy: That man downstairs, the clerk, he said things about you and Will. I've been trying to understand why he wouldn't go with me, and now all I can think of is that it's got to be because of you...Let him go, he still has a chance. Let him go. Helen: He isn't staying for me. I haven't spoken to him for a year - until today. I am leaving on the same train you are...What kind of woman are you? How can you leave him like this? Does the sound of the guns frighten you that much? Amy: I've heard guns. My father and my brother were killed by guns. They were on the right side but that didn't help them any when the shooting started. My brother was nineteen. I watched him die. That's when I became a Quaker. I don't care who's right or who's wrong. There's got to be some better way for people to live. Will knows how I feel about it. Helen: I hate this town. I always hated it - to be a Mexican woman in a town like this. Amy: I understand. Helen: You do? That's good. I don't understand you. No mat

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Harvey: Ya scared? Kane: I guess so. Harvey: Sure, it stands to reason. [Harvey saddles a horse] Kane: Seems like all everybody and his brother wants is to get me out of town. Harvey: Nobody wants to see you get killed. [Kane turns to leave] Hold it, where are you going? Kane: I don't know. Back to the office, I guess. Harvey: Oh no. You're gettin' on that horse and you're gettin' out. [He grabs Kane] What's the matter with you? You were ready to do it yourself. You said so. Kane: Look, Harv. I thought about it because I was tired. You think about a lot of things when you're tired. But I can't do it. Harvey: Why? Kane: I don't know. Harvey: Get on that horse, Will! Kane: Why is it so important to you? You don't care if I live or die. Harvey: Come on. Kane: Don't shove me, Harv, I'm tired of being shoved.

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Herb: Time's gettin' pretty short. Kane: It sure is. Herb: When are the other boys gonna get here? We gotta make plans. Kane: The other boys? There aren't any other boys, Herb. It's just you and me. Herb: [nervously smiles and chuckles] You're jokin'. Kane: No, I couldn't get anybody. Herb: I don't believe it. This town ain't that low. Kane: I couldn't get anybody. Herb: Then it's just you and me. Kane: I guess so. Herb: You and me against Miller and all the rest of them? Kane: That's right. Do you want out, Herb? Herb: Well, it isn't that I want out, no. You see. Look, I'll tell ya the truth. I didn't figure on anything like this, Will. Kane: Neither did I. Herb: I volunteered. You know I did. You didn't have to come to me. I was ready. Sure, I'm ready now - but this is different, Will. This ain't like what you said it was gonna be. This is just plain committing suicide and for what? Why me? I'm no lawman. I just live here. I got nothin' personal against nobody. I got no stake in this

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Kane: What do you want? Johnny: I found them, all but Mr Henderson. Kane: I found him, thanks. Johnny: You're welcome. Marshal, let me fight with you. I ain't afraid. Kane: No. Johnny: Please, let me, Marshal! Kane: You're a kid! You're a baby! Johnny: I'm sixteen! I can handle a gun, too! Kane: You're fourteen. What do you wanna lie for? Johnny: I'm big for my age! Please, Marshal! Kane: Well, you're big for your age, but no, go on, get out of here.