True Grit (1969)
Strother Martin: Col. G. Stonehill
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Quotes
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Mattie Ross : Do you know a Marshal Rooster Cogburn?
Col. G. Stonehill : Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn and some people live to regret it. I would not be surprised to learn that he's a relative of yours.
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[Mattie returns later to buy a pony from Col. Stonehill]
Col. G. Stonehill : Do you entertain plans of ever leaving this city?
Mattie Ross : Yes, I'm off early tomorrow morning for the Indian nation. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and I are going after the murderer, Tom Chaney.
Col. G. Stonehill : Cogburn. How did you light on that greasy vagabond?
Mattie Ross : They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit.
Col. G. Stonehill : Well, I suppose he has that. He's a notorious thumper. He's not a man I would care to share a bed with.
Mattie Ross : Nor would I.
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[Mattie is arguing with Col. Stonehill]
Col. G. Stonehill : I'll take it up with my attorney.
Mattie Ross : And I will take it up with mine - Lawyer Daggett. And he will make money and I will make money and your lawyer will make money... and you, Mr. Licensed Auctioneer, you will foot the bill.
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[Col. Stonehill is frustrated at Mattie's bargaining]
Col. G. Stonehill : I will pay a total of two hundred dollars to your father's estate when I have in my hand a letter absolving me of all liability from the beginning of the world to date!
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Mattie Ross : Now I'm sure you'll find a buyer for those ponies very soon.
Col. G. Stonehill : I have a tentative offer of ten dollars a head from the soapworks at Little Rock.
Mattie Ross : It seems such a shame to render such spirited horseflesh into soap.
Col. G. Stonehill : I'm confident the deal will fall through.