Bells of San Angelo (1947)

Andy Devine: Sheriff Cookie Bullfincher

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Quotes 

• Cookie Bullfincher : I knew I was too young and pretty to die.

• [Roy is unhappy that his boss has ordered to cooperate with Lee Madison while she researches her next western novel] 

  Bob : Did you read "Murder on the Border"?

  Cookie Bullfincher : Golly, I did. It's about...

  Roy Rogers : I know what it's about - black-hearted villains and roarin' six-guns. I'd like to see him face those six guns he writes about.

• [seeking the location of an old Mexican silver mine, Roy, Cookie, Lee and the Padre find a clue on one of the bells of San Angelo church] 

  Padre : [reading the inscription]  "As the sun rises, the shadow of my arms and the pillar of my strength shall mark that which God made and whence came the bells of San Angelo."

  Lee Madison : That's beautiful!

  Cookie Bullfincher : But what does it mean?

  Roy Rogers : "... The shadow of my arms and the pillar of my strength..." Arms, pillar - that must mean a cross! Cookie, do you know where there's a cross around here?

  Cookie Bullfincher : Sure! On top of the church.

  Roy Rogers : No, I mean up in the hills near the border where the mine could be.

  Padre : None now, but there was a shrine many years ago to which the people came to pray to Santa Guadalupe at Easter.

  Cookie Bullfincher : Sure, Padre, I remember. On your side of the border near some rimrock!

• [repeated line] 

  Cookie Bullfincher : Royyyyyy!