A Small Town in Texas (1976)

Timothy Bottoms: Poke Jackson

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Quotes 

• Buford Tyler : [Buford looks at Poke]  You just get outta the state pen?

  Poke Jackson : How'd ya know that?

  Buford Tyler : I recognize your tailor.

• Poke Jackson : Duke here, he don't bite. He's just a little pecker.

• Poke Jackson : Duke here's a chicken that thinks he's a rooster.

• Poke Jackson : [after Buford invites Poke to shoot his truck]  I never shot a truck before!

• Poke Jackson : [after shooting Buford's truck]  That was alright, Buford... I like shootin' trucks!

  Buford Tyler : Stick with me, cowboy, and we'll shoot up half the county.

• Sheriff Duke : [Poke has just arrived in town]  I'm the sheriff now.

  Poke Jackson : How'd ya pull that one off, Duke?

  Sheriff Duke : Duly elected by the people.

• Poke Jackson : [Poke and Uncle Bull are being chased by Sheriff Duke]  Uncle Bull... Uncle Bull... Uncle Bull, that's a road block up ahead...

  Bull Parker : I know... We're gonna bust that sucker through

  [laughing] 

• Poke Jackson : [Uncle Bull is shooting at Poke and Mary Lee]  Uncle Bull, don't you remember me?... You used to run around with my daddy in 1957.

  Bull Parker : You Leslie Jackson's boy?

• Mary Lee : [after Bull Parker shoots at their direction, thinking they are trespassers]  You son of a bitch, Poke Jackson! I thought he said he knew who you were.

  Poke Jackson : [whispers]  Shut up, Mary Lee!

  [Mary Lee groans angrily] 

  Poke Jackson : Uncle Bull!

  Bull Parker : I ain't your uncle! I ain't nobody's uncle! I ain't got me no relatives!

  Poke Jackson : You used to run moonshine with my pa back in 1956!

  Bull Parker : Ain't you Leslie Jackson's boy?

  Poke Jackson : Damn right!