Quotes

Catlow

Catlow: Now you keep those mules moving or we'll have those asses full of lead instead of gold.

Miller: Now, how good are you on a horse?
Catlow: As good as the next man.
Miller: You ain't heard the conditions. You ride this bronc with your hands tied behind your back... and your neck in that noose!

Catlow: You still got that warrant?
Cowan: Two. One for jumping arrest. You stirred up some kind of a hornet's nest back there. And that Miller, he's packing a lot of heat.
Catlow: Think I can't handle him?
Cowan: Well, if somebody shoots you, let's keep it in the family. I'm gonna bring you in before he carries you in.
Catlow: There's a derringer looking at you says you don't.
[Catlow has a gun underneath the table pointing at Cowan's belly]
Cowan: Oh?
[looks down at the table]
Catlow: I'd hate to shoot that badge off you just to prove it.
Cowan: Yeah, well, that's not where I wear it.
Catlow: [laughs loud] You know it would bust my heart to have to kill you.
Cowan: Yeah, well...
Catlow: Hey, why don't you ride with us. I need someone I can count on.
Cowan: Oh , Jed.
Catlow: The gold is just lying there!
Cowan: Gold?
Catlow: Yeah!
Cowan: Jed, are you gonna tangle with law the rest of your life? You have brawled and drunk and catted your way through every state in the West! I have gotton you out of jail so many times! When are you gonna learn?
Catlow: Ben, it's maverick gold! It belongs to anyone who can round it up!
Cowan: It don't belong to you! You can't steal from a man just because you don't know his name!
Catlow: Oh, well, I never thought you would.
Cowan: [both take a drink] Um... You wouldn't be just shooting off your mouth about that gun under there?
Catlow: Make one wrong move, and that's not all I'll be shooting off.

Catlow: Ben, it's maverick gold. It belongs to anyone who can round it up.
Cowan: It don't belong to you. You can't steal from a man just because you don't know his name.

Cowan: Well, you see, all I own is a couple of guns and a tin star and, of course, a beautiful new horse and saddle.
Christina: Is that how you judge the worth of a man? By how much he owns?

Cowan: Well, it don't seem likely that somebody'd just go off and leave a pile of gold lying around a cave. Then again, there'd be no reason to hide it there unless maybe that gold was stolen in the first place.
General: Your logic is impeccable.
Cowan: Has the Mexican government lost any gold lately?
General: To the contrary.
Cowan: Well, back in '62, our Confederate Army did. Our supply base at Santa Fe was attacked by the Yankees. They made off with a fresh shipment from the gold fields. About 2 million dollars worth. Ha ha, now it might just be that that gold headed south instead of north.
General: All this I find fascinating. And if it could be proved that this gold belongs to the American government, I'm sure it would be returned.
Cowan: Yeah, unless something happened to it first.
General: Oh, but nothing will.
Cowan: Well, General, I hate to disagree with you... but you see, there's a man called Catlow.

Cowan: [Last lines] Jed?
Catlow: Yes, Ben?
Cowan: Jed, you really are so full of...
Catlow: Shhhh! Not in front of the lady! Besides, where's your respect for the law?

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By what name was Catlow (1971) officially released in India in English?