The Tall Men (1955) Poster

(1955)

Robert Ryan: Nathan Stark

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  • [about Ben Allison] 

    Nathan Stark : There goes the only man I ever respected. He's what every boy thinks he's going to be when he grows up and wishes he had been when he's an old man.

  • Nathan Stark : Pretty rugged. Only an Indian could get through that.

    Clint Allison : We ain't mentioned it before, Mr. Stark; but, me and Ben is quarter-blood Comanche.

  • Nathan Stark : Hot water and a tub go well together; especially when they surround a beautiful woman.

    Nella Turner : Well, you may waste the words; but, you sure don't waste much time.

  • Maria the Dressmaker : She's like a beautiful red rose. And, oh, the finest figure I have ever seen. In all, the total comes to $160.

    Nathan Stark : That's quite a figure too.

    Maria the Dressmaker : Oh, for such a woman, it is most reasonable, Señor.

    [Nathan pays Maria] 

    Maria the Dressmaker : Gracias! Ah, Señor, I wish you the most beautiful evening of your entire life. Ah...

  • Nella Turner : How do you say that word again?

    Nathan Stark : Connoisseur.

    Nella Turner : Connoisewer.

    Nathan Stark : It means a person of taste. Can we drink a toast?

    Nella Turner : Might as well go whole hog.

  • Nella Turner : You're gonna have to bend down a little with them words if you want me to understand.

    Nathan Stark : Why don't you try reaching up instead?

  • Nathan Stark : People build monuments to men who make good. Fools wind up in unmarked graves.

  • Colonel Ben Allison : You're making it tough on yourself, Mr. Stark.

    Nathan Stark : I'm not trying to make it tough, only tempting.

    Clint Allison : Never could resist temptation.

  • Nathan Stark : You'll leave a trail so wide, Pinkerton's will be on you like buzzards on a dead mule.

  • Nella Turner : You know, for a fella that don't do much talkin', you got real busy eyes. It's not that I mind being stared at, that's part of being a female; but, what I don't like is being weighed, measured and counted.

    Nathan Stark : I call it a 130 pounds. Pure gold in the rough, just needs a little refinin'.

    Nella Turner : Don't short change me. It's 135. Just to show you how unrefined I am, why don't you get off your dead end and go out and get us some firewood.

    Nathan Stark : Your servant, ma'am.

  • Nathan Stark : [a large group of Kansas Jayhawkers is approaching]  We still have time to be practical, Ben. The odds are way outta line.

    Colonel Ben Allison : [Quietly]  Then we'll change the odds.

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