The Wonderful Country (1959)

Robert Mitchum: Martin Brady

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• Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker : You belong with us. You know that - as long as you stay out of trouble.

  Martin Brady : What kind of trouble?

  Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker : Oh, well, they're all kinds of trouble. You know one kind. You've been living it all your life. Then, there's another kind of trouble that doesn't look like trouble at all. Sometimes it looks as pretty as a picture.

• Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : Listen, Brady, you're leg isn't broken have as bad as you smell. How long you been ridin' to work up a smell like this?

  Martin Brady : Twenty-six days.

  Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : I figured longer.

• Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : How'd you ever get a horse like that, just riding for the Castros?

  Martin Brady : Now, look Doc, I didn't steal him.

  Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : Who said you did?

  Martin Brady : Because I know what you're thinking. That horse is mine! The Castros gave him to me. It's a gift! It's the only thing I've got in the world. So, lay off.

  Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : All right. What's his name?

  Martin Brady : Lágrimas.

  Dr. Herbert J. Stovall : Lágrimas? That's Spanish, isn't it? For tears?

• Helen Colton : It's wrong.

  Martin Brady : To feel like this?

  Helen Colton : It's wrong. What we are and what we did - and, God help me, what I'm feeling right now for you.

• Martin Brady : You'll gotta excuse me, Mrs. Colton, I can talk sometimes - to my horse.

• Martin Brady : This is quite a party. I never saw a party like this before.

  Helen Colton : Surely they have parties in Mexico.

  Martin Brady : Oh, sure. But, this is different. I mean, well, it's an American party.

• Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker : Pretty woman.

  Martin Brady : Yep. She sure is.

  Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker : We don't get many that pretty out here. Any way, they don't stay very pretty long. Not after they've been here for awhile. But, she's a pretty one. Turn any man's head.

• Martin Brady : I would not call them assassins.

  Gen. Marcos Castro : He doesn't call them - A hired pistolero is in no position to form opinions of assassins.

• Capt. Verdugo : It's a matter of honor.

  Martin Brady : You look after your honor, Captain. I'll look after my skin.