Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
Tom Tyler: Stony Brooke
Quotes
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[the Three Mesquiteers enter a rough-looking saloon]
Stony Brooke : Three sarsaparillas.
[One of the Cherokee Boys breaks the Mesquiteers' three bottles of pop]
Sarsaparilla, 1st 'Cherokee Boy' : Had enough Sarsaparilla?
Stony Brooke : Just enough!
[a barroom brawl ensues and the Three Mesquiteers knock out the bad guys]
Barfly : That Sarsaparilla is powerful stuff!
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[Owens mistakes the Three Mesquiteers for the villainous Cherokee Boys]
Stony Brooke : Let's get this straight. You want somebody killed and you're willing to pay a $1000 for the job?
Pop Owens : That's it, and I hired you killers to ensure against any bungling. The man must be killed expertly and painlessly and not later than tomorrow.
Tucson Smith : Who's the man?
Lullaby Joslin : Yeah, we gotta warn him.
Pop Owens : Warn him?
Tucson Smith : Uh, sure! We always give 'em a sportin' chance. We like to do things the hard way.
Pop Owens : This time I don't want the man warned.
Stony Brooke : Who is he?
Pop Owens : The man I want killed is... me.
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[when Tom Owens mistakes the Mesquiteers for the Cherokee Gang, the Sheriff arrests them]
Stony Brooke : Why he's crazy. The guys we plugged back on the road are the real Cherokees!
The Sheriff : I'll settle for the Cherokees we got. Head 'em for jail!
Lullaby Joslin : Your tombstones are gonna read, "Here lie the Cherokee Boys" and mine will read, "I Told You So!"