The Quiet Man (1952)
Victor McLaglen: Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
Quotes
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"Red Will" Danaher : He'll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.
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"Red Will" Danaher : I'll count three, and if you're not out of the house by then, I'll loose the dogs on you.
Thornton : If you say "three," mister, you'll never hear the man count "ten."
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"Red Will" Danaher : Mind you, I'm fresh as a daisy!
Thornton : You look more like a Black-Eyed Susan to me.
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Michaleen Flynn : [looking thirsty] I don't suppose there's a drop of anything wet in the house?
"Red Will" Danaher : Help yourself to the buttermilk.
Michaleen Flynn : Buttermilk!
[shudders and in sotto voice]
Michaleen Flynn : The *Borgias* would do better.
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Thornton : [drunk] Woman-of-the-house! I have brought the brother home to supper!
[Throws hat]
Mary Kate Danaher : He is kindly welcome.
"Red Will" Danaher : [also drunk] God bless all in this house...
Mary Kate Danaher : Wipe your feet!
"Red Will" Danaher : Thank you mum!
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"Red Will" Danaher : So the I.R.A.'s in this too, huh?
Hugh Forbes : If it were, Red Will Danaher, not a scorched stone 'o your fine house'd be standin'.
Michaleen Flynn : A beautiful sentiment!
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"Red Will" Danaher : [after falling in a stream] Have ya had enough?
Thornton : No!
"Red Will" Danaher : Well then, give a man a hand.
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"Red Will" Danaher : If you've come for supper, you're late.
Michaleen Flynn : A gracious invitation, but, thank you, no.
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"Red Will" Danaher : I'll let you buy me a drink, at your wake! Ha!
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The Widow Sarah Tillane : So you told him all that, did you?
"Red Will" Danaher : That I did.
The Widow Sarah Tillane : Down at the pub I suppose, and in front of all those big ears with pints in their fists and pipes in their mouths.
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"Red Will" Danaher : Father? Little Flynn?
Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator : Well, I can't say it's true, and I won't say it's not, but there's been talk.
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Squire 'Red' Will Danaher : Your widow, me sister... She couldve done a lot worse.
Sean Thornton : True, true.
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher : Poor woman.
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"Red Will" Danaher : [responding to Sean Thornton's demand for payment] I'll pay ya... never!
Thornton : That breaks all bargains.
[hurls Mary Kate towards Danaher]
Thornton : You can take your sister back. It's your custom, not mine! No fortune, no marriage! We call it quits!
Mary Kate Danaher : [with shocked look] You'd do this to me? Your own wife! After, after what I...
Thornton : It's done!
[crowd exchanges glances, begins to laugh slowly]
"Red Will" Danaher : [begrudgingly takes money from wallet, throws it at Thornton's feet indignantly] There's your dirty money! Take it! Count it, ya spawn! And look... if ever I see that face of yours,
[draws back fist]
"Red Will" Danaher : I'll push this through it!