The Texan (TV Series)
The Duchess of Denver (1959)
Rory Calhoun: Bill Longley
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Quotes
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[first lines]
[counting the number of cattle Bill has delivered to the stockyard]
Samuel Dickens : Four-legged ornery-looking twenty-dollar gold pieces, eh? Well, let's see... I make it 1234 by my tally. Does that check?
Bill Longley : 1236.
Samuel Dickens : No, 1234.
Bill Longley : Well, you want to run 'em through again?
Samuel Dickens : ...1236.
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Samuel Dickens : Well, a momentous day. The first herd into Denver. Do you kow what that really means, Mr. Longley?
Bill Longley : I think so - at least what it means to us.
Samuel Dickens : What's that?
Bill Longley : A hundred days on the trail from the Panhandle to Denver. I had to find feed and water each day, ford the Arkansas and the Big Sandy in flood, head off stampedes... Some of the trails went up to 4000 - straight down. Rough all the way, Mr. Dickens.
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Jenny Brewster - the Duchess of Denver : Careful, Colonel. It used to be said Captain Longley was a very dangerous man to provoke.
Bill Longley : Some people don't stop until they find out.
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Maitre d' : It is you, monsieur. Who would have known. Magnifique!
Bill Longley : Remember, you said clothes don't make the man.
Maitre d' : It's not only the suit, it is the elan with which you wear it.
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Jenny Brewster - the Duchess of Denver : Shall we drink to dreams come true?
Bill Longley : Looks like yours already have.
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Jenny Brewster - the Duchess of Denver : And what about your dreams?
Bill Longley : I haven't any.
Jenny Brewster - the Duchess of Denver : Your plans then.
Bill Longley : I haven't any of those, either.
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Colonel Garson : Do you think you can insult a lady in front of a gentleman and crawl away without having to account for it.
Bill Longley : A lady? A gentleman? You must be mistaken, Colonel. Ladies and gentlemen don't hire gunmen to steal wages from men who worked and sweated and risked their lives for them.
Colonel Garson : What are you talking about?
Bill Longley : You know what I'm talking about. You sent the gunmen.
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[last lines]
Jenny Brewster - the Duchess of Denver : Bill, can you ever forgive me?
Bill Longley : A gentleman can forgive a lady anything. Goodbye, Jenny.