Lust in the Dust (1984)

Cesar Romero: Father Garcia

Quotes 

• Father Garcia : Do not be afraid, my son. They will not shoot while I am beside you.

  Hardcase Williams : Hah! Don't count on it, Father. It's a good day for me when I get to kill a priest!

  Father Garcia : I'll be in the church.

• Father Garcia : How long has it been since your last confession, my son?

  Abel Wood : 'Bout twenty years.

  Father Garcia : [pricks himself with needle while sewing]  Aye!

  Abel Wood : I just have to get a few things off my chest... Lets see, first there was, uh, this girl in El Paso... her mother... and her grand-mother.

  [continuing confession in a later scene] 

  Father Garcia : Many men like horses, my son.

  Abel Wood : But Doc Holliday *really* liked horses, Father. Well, what do you think he was doing in the O.K. Corral early in the morning?

  [continuing confession in a later scene] 

  Abel Wood : And then there was the time with the two lockjaw Indian maidens.

  Father Garcia : You mean "Choctaw" Indians, my son. There are no "lockjaw" Indians.

  Abel Wood : There are now.

• Abel Wood : Father, I hear a lot of folks talking about gold. Know anything about that?

  Father Garcia : [chuckling]  I knew that's why you were here. The legend of the gold keeps this town alive. That is why they are all here. These are ruthless men... and women. Mm, they're also very stupid. Some of them here for years, and still they cannot solve the puzzle.

  Abel Wood : What puzzle?

  Father Garcia : The limerick. Until the limerick is solved, the gold will never be found.

  Abel Wood : Just.. just how does this limerick go?

  Father Garcia : "There was a young fellow from Scotland, Who robbed the New Mexico hot land. In a grave situation, two butes his salvation. He buried the gold... But in what land?"

• Father Garcia : [levelling a rifle at them]  Get away from that gold!

  Hard Case Williams : Everybody move around a little bit.

  Abel Wood : Father, am I ever glad to see you.

  Father Garcia : Drop the guns, please. This is stolen treasure.

  Hard Case Williams : I think we kinda' figured that out ourselves, you old fart. Cactus Kaplan, right?

  Father Garcia : He robbed the Las Cruces Bank. A posse tracked him down, so he buried the gold when he found he could not escape.

• Father Garcia : For 33 long years I've been waiting for the pieces to come together. Have you any idea what it's been like, waiting in this cesspit for 33 long years?

  Father Garcia : [laughs]  Some people would've given up. Some people have gone crazy. But not me. Oh, no.. no, no, no! Because I knew.. I knew that one day... Cactus's little girls would come riding into Chili Verde, and I would be rich! Rich enough to cast the dust of this forsaken land forever from my sandals! Oh, I'm going to travel: London, Paris, Vienna... And then.. then Rome! The Vatican! I'm going to be a Pope!

  Hard Case Williams : This man's oats ain't all in his feed bag.

  Father Garcia : [he advances at them with his rifle, intending to shoot]  Oh ye of little faith...

  Hard Case Williams : [the Padre is shot dead]  If there's one thing I hate, it's a pushy priest.