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Clark Gable, Jane Russell, and Robert Ryan in The Tall Men (1955)

Clark Gable: Col. Ben Allison

The Tall Men

Clark Gable credited as playing...

Col. Ben Allison

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  • Stagecoach Driver: Lively lookin' female we got with us.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Yeah.
  • Stagecoach Driver: Dance Hall woman?
  • Colonel Ben Allison: No. Prospector.
  • Stagecoach Driver: Get out! Ain't no such. Not a female! What kind?
  • Colonel Ben Allison: What kind of what?
  • Stagecoach Driver: Prospectin'.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Golddiggin'.
  • [first lines]
  • [pointing to a lynched man dangling from a tree limb]
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Looks like we're close to civilization.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: [after eating rabbit cooked by Nella, then kissing her] You sure give a honey and molassas flavor to this rabbit.
  • Nella Turner: That's not honey and molassas - that's just girl.
  • Nella Turner: Go ahead, I ain't gonna bite ya.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: I don't know. Those teeth look pretty sharp to me.
  • Nella Turner: They oughta be. They haven't had anything to eat in three days.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: You know somethin'? When a woman looks pretty at sun up, then she's really pretty.
  • Nella Turner: Didn't think you could spout so elegant.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: I got words I ain't ever used.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: I just wanted to see if you're the same girl I been kissin'. And you ain't.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: [after using a knife to cut open Nella's corset as she lies passed out on the bed] Breathin' like an old swamp frog. I'll take her back to her gold mine.
  • Nella Turner: I came down here for just one reason, Mr. Allison.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Peek-a-boo clothes and everything.
  • Nella Turner: And I got no more use for you or your insults.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Stark, better get your responsibility undercover. Put her in the bathtub. Tell her to lay low. These Jayhawkers might get a little ornery.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: All right! Point 'em north!
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Luis, how many head we lose?
  • Luis: Oh, about a 100. 150.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Oh, well, those belong to Stark.
  • Luis: Now for a good celebration and a *big* drunk.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: No. Skip me, Luis. Split this bonus money among the boys. Share for share.
  • Luis: Señor Ben, it's a night for drinking!
  • Clint Allison: You save her hide and the jasper gets her.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: I got no brand on her.
  • 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.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: A lot of action inside.
  • Clint Allison: I never saw such a herd of hard rock gophers in my life.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Gold's what they grow here, not beef.
  • Clint Allison: How's about another snort?
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Easy, boy. Let's not foul this up.
  • Nella Turner: You ain't thinkin' of butcherin' one of our mules?
  • Colonel Ben Allison: That's no mule, Grandma. That's the Missouri Elk.
  • Nella Turner: Make yourselves to home. I reckon we have a little coffee left.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Thanks, Grandma.
  • Nella Turner: Grandma?
  • Nella Turner: I wish you'd rub my feet some more.
  • Colonel Ben Allison: Here, put 'em on my back.
  • Nella Turner: Ooo...
  • Colonel Ben Allison: I was about to go off and leave you. Only, I - haven't had my breakfast.
  • [gives Nella a long kiss, starts to give her another one]
  • Nella Turner: Whoa! Short rations.

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