A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Clint Eastwood: Joe

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• [Having said "get three coffins ready" earlier] 

  Joe : My mistake. Four coffins...

• Joe : When a man's got money in his pocket he begins to appreciate peace.

• Marisol : Why are you doing this for us?

  Joe : Because I knew someone like you once and there was no one there to help. Now, get moving.

• Joe : When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true. Go ahead, load up and shoot.

• [last lines] 

  Joe : Mmh. Well, guess your government will be glad to see that gold back.

  Silvanito : And you? You don't want to be here when they get it, eh?

  Joe : You mean the Mexican goverment on one side? Maybe the Americans on the other side? Me right smack in the middle? Uhn-hn. Too dangerous. So long.

  Silvanito : Adios.

• Joe : You shoot to kill, you better hit the heart. Your own words, Ramon.

  [Ramon fires off two shots, but The Man With No Name stands right back up] 

  Joe : The heart, Ramon. Don't forget the heart. Aim for the heart, or you'll never stop me.

• Joe : You see, I understand you men were just playin' around, but the mule, he just doesn't get it. Course, if you were to all apologize...

  [Men Laugh] 

  Joe : I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

• Joe : Get three coffins ready.

• Esteban Rojo : My name is Esteban Rojo, my bother asked me to... what are you doing?

  Joe : Moving.

  Esteban Rojo : Don't you know all our men sleep here with us?

  Joe : Well that's all very cozy, but I don't find you men all that appealing.

• Joe : Every town has a boss.

  Silvanito : Yes, but when there are two around, I'd say there is one too many!

• Don Miguel Rojo : That's the right idea? You didn't misunderstand?

  Joe : I get the wrong idea only when it suits me.

  Ramon Rojo : You are well informed, eh?

  Joe : A man's life in these parts often depends on a mere scrap of information. Your brother's own words.

  Ramon Rojo : Tell me. Why are you doing this for us?

  Joe : [Holds out his hand with a response that is almost a question]  Five hundred dollars.

• Joe : Baxter's over there, Rojo's there, me right in the middle.

  Silvanito : Why are you the one?

  Joe : Crazy bell-ringer was right. There's money to be made in a place like this.

  Silvanito : If you're thinking what I suspect, I tell you, don't try it.

  Joe : Which one of the two is stronger?

  Silvanito : Which one of then - is stronger? Well, the Rojos. Especially Ramon.

• Joe : To kill a man you shoot him in the heart. Isn't that what you said, Ramon?

• Marisol : Why do you do it for us?

  Joe : Why? I knew someone like you once, there was no one there to help.

• Silvanito : [Joe asks who Marisol is]  She is a woman. And Ramon is madly in love with her.

  Joe : Everyone talks about Ramon. Kind of curious to meet him.

  Silvanito : If you are smart, you will stay clear of Ramon for as long as possible!

• Joe : [He's hiding in an empty coffin outside the coffin-maker's shop]  Come here.

  Piripero : I can't see anybody.

  Joe : Come here!

  Piripero : [Goes over to a coffin on a wagon; Joe is inside]  Dios mio!... What are you doing in there?

  Joe : Never mind. Get me out of here.

  Piripero : But, you're not dead yet.

  Joe : I will be, if you don't get me out of here, quick. Get that lid down!

• Joe : [Newly arrived in San Miguel, looking over the town from a balcony]  Who are they?

  Silvanito : Hmm. Bandits. Bandits and smugglers. They come down from Texas. They cross the frontier to stock up on guns and liquor. The cost is much less here. Then they go back and sell the guns and liquor to the Indians.

  Joe : Any town that sells guns and liquor has gotta' be a rich one.

  Silvanito : Not the town. Only those who buy and sell, and the bosses are the ones who clean up.

  Joe : Yeah? Somebody has to run the place. Every town has a boss.

  Silvanito : That's true. But when there are two around, then I'd say that there is one too many.

  Joe : "Two" bosses? Very interesting.

• Joe : The dead can be very useful sometimes. They've helped me out of tough spots - more than once. First, they don't talk. Second, they look alive, if I manage it. And third, well, third, if you shoot them there's no worry cause they're dead already.

• Joe : This is all very, very touching.

  Ramon Rojo : You mean you don't admire peace?

  Joe : It's not real easy to like something you know nothing about.

• Silvanito : Tell me. Is that the way you go to bed every night?

  Joe : Don't worry. I didn't dirty the sheets.

• Consuelo Baxter : Very soon you're going to be rich.

  Joe : Yeah, that's not going to break my heart.

• Silvanito : Pig, Ramon!

  Joe : Tell me, what's Ramon got to do with them?

  Joe : No one told you? In this part of the world, the story's very old. A happy little family until trouble comes along. And trouble has the name of Ramon. Claiming the husband cheated at cards, which wasn't true, he gets the wife to live with him as hostage.

  Joe : And the husband?

  Silvanito : Oh, him. There's nothing for him to do. The Rojos threatened to kill his little boy, Jesus, and he was forced to accept things.

  Joe : That Ramon is smart.