The Outcast (1954)

John Derek: Jet Cosgrave

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• Dude Rankin : So this is Colton, huh? Wonder where a man can find some excitement.

  Jet Cosgrave : You'll get your belly full of excitement. I want all your men at Sam Allen's stable come sun-up tomorrow and I want you all sober.

  Dude Rankin : All right. Let's hit all the saloons and dig 'em out.

  Jet Cosgrave : No, I got some personal business to do.

  Dude Rankin : Yeah? Well, so do I. It starts with some whiskey. And if you're old enough, you what goes on from there.

• Jet Cosgrave : Say, most of these brands you're makin' seem to be The Circle C.

  Sam Allen : Well, Circle C's got most of the cattle. The Major don't have much competition these days.

  Jet Cosgrave : He has now. I want you to make some irons for me, Sam.

  Sam Allen : Sure thing! What brand?

  Jet Cosgrave : The Target brand.

  [draws a brand almost identical to the Circle C's] 

  Jet Cosgrave : Like that!

  Sam Allen : That brand'll make trouble, son.

  Jet Cosgrave : I plan to make a lot of trouble for the Major.

• Jet Cosgrave : My father told me when I was 21, I'd get the ranch. If the will says something other than that, it's a forgery.

  Andrew Devlin : That's a strong accusation! Can you prove it?

  Jet Cosgrave : No.

  Andrew Devlin : Then I'm afraid there's no legal way for you to get the Circle C.

  Jet Cosgrave : I thought you'd say that. A lawyer's opinion. But I'm no lawyer.

• Jet Cosgrave : I'm moving into Newmark Valley with my own brand - The Target.

  Major Linton Cosgrave : You won't be staying very long, Jet. You have no rights to Newmark.

  Jet Cosgrave : Neither do you.

  Major Linton Cosgrave : On the contrary. Hal Newmark's left Colorado. I'm taking care of the valley until he returns.

  Jet Cosgrave : He won't return unless it's from the dead and you know it.

• Major Linton Cosgrave : My lawyer calls it squatters' rights.

  Jet Cosgrave : Tell your lawyer the Newmark has a new squatter and enough guns to keep trespassers out. And that means you, Major.

• Jet Cosgrave : Did they give you any trouble?

  Dude Rankin : Naw. There was only one Circle C rider on the place. I sent him home tied to his saddle with lead for ballast.

• Jet Cosgrave : I'll stick with Curly. I wouldn't want him to be alone when the Major finds out you killed one of his men without giving him a chance.

  Dude Rankin : I got eight witnesses that prove I gave that fellow a chance!

  Jet Cosgrave : Eight liars.

• [Jet tries to help Alice recapture her canary] 

  Jet Cosgrave : Easy. Don't stampede the livestock.

• [eyeing the lovely Alice] 

  Jet Cosgrave : Colton's a pretty rough town for a lone canary to be loose in.

• The Kid : Here's for helpin' the lady. Buy yourself a cigar.

  [the Kid tosses Jet a dime] 

  Jet Cosgrave : You keep it. Until you're old enough to smoke.

• [when the Kid tries to pull his pistol, Jet knocks him down] 

  Cal Prince : Take it easy, Kid! You know the Major doesn't want any gunplay around Miss Alice. Get up! Get in the rig.

  The Kid : Maybe you'd like to try again some time - when we don't have an audience.

  Jet Cosgrave : Any time you say. Only the second show might be a lot funnier. It'd be a shame if nobody saw it.

• Jet Cosgrave : But after the wedding, don't throw the flowers away. You may need them for a funeral.

• Jet Cosgrave : You come to the wrong place, Major.

  Major Linton Cosgrave : So did you, Jet.

  Jet Cosgrave : I'll give you five minutes to get out of here.

  Major Linton Cosgrave : And I'll give you five seconds to go for your gun.

• Judy Polsen : Don't try it, Jet! There's nobody that can outshoot Major Cosgrave!

  Jet Cosgrave : Maybe another Cosgrave can.