Day of the Outlaw (1959)

Burl Ives: Jack Bruhn

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• Helen Crane : [Dancing with Bruhn]  Why did you have to do this terrible thing?

  Jack Bruhn : There are things worse, ma'am, than dancing with lonely men.

  Helen Crane : Please, let us go.

  Jack Bruhn : Soon.

  Helen Crane : Why did you have to come here?

  Jack Bruhn : You should be grateful. Our coming saved the life of your husband.

  Helen Crane : I don't believe Blaise would have gone through with it.

  Jack Bruhn : Mrs. Crane, when my men and I leave here, there will be a showdown and you will be a widow.

• Blaise Starrett : The trail ends in this town. There's no place to go but back.

  Jack Bruhn : The trail back is closed.

• Jack Bruhn : It's best you know with what you're dealing. Pace here, he derives pleasure out of hurting people. Tex, rile him and you're gonna hear some screaming in this town today. Denver, half Cheyenne. Him hate white men but he doesn't feel half so badly about white women. Vause, bones covered with dirty skin but even half-drunk he's the fastest draw in Wyoming territory. And Shorty, we soldiered together.

• Jack Bruhn : My men won't molest your women - unless I give them permission.

• Jack Bruhn : At West Point I made up my mind to be all soldier, which doesn't leave much room for being human.

• Jack Bruhn : How many people live around here?

  Blaise Starrett : About 20.

  Jack Bruhn : Who's the law?

  Blaise Starrett : We handle our own law.

  Jack Bruhn : Not now.

• Jack Bruhn : I know what I'm doing and I know what Gene's doing. But you, what's your reason? Why do you want to die?

  Blaise Starrett : I know what I'm doing too, Bruhn. Let's leave it at that.

  Jack Bruhn : I guess every fool has his reason.