Montana Belle (1952)

Jane Russell: Belle Starr

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Quotes 

• Ringo : Look better at night.

  Belle Starr : Ringo, you're not on the Reservation now. Watch how you talk. Try it again.

  Ringo : *It* look better at night.

  Mac : She'll have you spoutin' poetry before you know it.

  Belle Starr : Ringo, don't you dare sit on that dress!

• Jim Clark : Pretty big job for a woman - fightin' the law single-handed.

  Belle Starr : Why single-handed? Why can't we go into business for ourselves?

  Mac : What kind of business?

  Belle Starr : Have we got any choice?

  Mac : The Belle Star Gang - that ought rile up the big boys.

• Bob Dalton : I'm not asking you to be grateful, Belle. I'm asking you to love me.

  Belle Starr : No thanks. I was married to one outlaw. The payoffs always the same: Boot Hill.

• Belle Starr : Do you permit women to gamble here, Mr. Bradfield?

  Tom Bradfield : Any body with a dollar can gamble here.

• Ringo : Why we - why have we got to wear monkey suit?

  Belle Starr : You button that collar and tie that tie.

• Belle Starr : We've heard a lot about you in Montana.

  Tom Bradfield : Montana?

  Belle Starr : Yes, I come from there. My husband and I had a small place in Butte. I tried to run it myself after Richard died, but, well, it was just too much for a woman.

  Tom Bradfield : I can understand that.

• Belle Starr : [singing]  There's a story goin' round the town, Of a gal with silver hair let down, And a black satin sheath for a gown, There are many men who have tried to date her, Some men love her while others' hate her, But they's all learned not to under rate her...

• Ringo : I don't savvy.

  Belle Starr : What don't you savvy, Ringo?

• Belle Starr : I didn't know how wonderful it was to have nice clothes, clean sheets on the bed, more hot water than you can use. I liked it.

• Mac : Why don't we take the Bird Cage now and get outta here?

  Belle Starr : Because I'm not ready to and when I am I'll let you know. I'm still doing the thinking for this outfit.

  Mac : All right, but, let's get one thing straight. I see you goin' soft on Tom Bradfield and I'll burn you both down - with lead! And I'll get him first so you can see what it looks like.

  Belle Starr : You're making an awful fuss over one little kiss. And you're old enough to know that that's the way a smart woman works. Now, go on, get outta here.

• Belle Starr : [singing]  Sure, her silver hair has brains behind it, Her heart is gold if you can find it, There never walked a man so silly, That he'd resist...

• Belle Starr : [Belle stops swinging, Tom kisses her]  You mustn't do that.

  Tom Bradfield : Why? Didn't you want me to?

  Belle Starr : Oh, it's not that. It's just...

  Tom Bradfield : Just what, darling?

  Belle Starr : Oh, it's not good for either one of us.

  Tom Bradfield : Why?

  Belle Starr : Don't ask me why. Do it again!

  [kiss] 

• Belle Starr : Well, there's just no limit to what those Daltons will do.

• Tom Bradfield : The Territory's growing up. You see, in a new country, everyone gets the feeling that anything goes and that brings a wave of lawlessness; such as we have in Oklahoma today. But, that sort of thing is going out and so are we.

  Belle Starr : Why we?

  Tom Bradfield : Because, we're professional gamblers, darling. Honest, yes; but, all part of the era.

• Tom Bradfield : Didn't anyone ever tell you you're a very dangerous woman?

  Belle Starr : Is that supposed to be a compliment?

• Belle Starr : [singing]  T'would fill me with bliss, Just to give him one kiss...

• Tom Bradfield : You always seem to be guarding against something. But, that tenseness is gone now. Well, you're more light hearted and quick to laugh and, well, just a lot of fun to be with.

  Belle Starr : I hope you always remember me that way.

• Belle Starr : [singing]  I'll go up in a great big balloon, And see my sweetheart in the moon, Behind some dark cloud, Where no one is allowed, I'll make love to the man in the moon...

• Tom Bradfield : Be a good girl.

  Belle Starr : I'll be the best girl you ever knew.

• Belle Starr : Remember, I told you not to come.

• Belle Starr : Better find some men's clothes for me.

• Ringo : Ringo not like.

  Belle Starr : Ringo not like what? Working with woman?

  Ringo : Maybe Ringo wrong. You - look like squaw, ride, shoot like man.