Diggstown (1992)

Bruce Dern: John Gillon

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Quotes 

• [before the 10th fight] 

  John Gillon : Never try and hustle a hustler, Mr. Cain!

  [after the 10th fight] 

  Gabriel Caine : Actually, I believe it goes: Never con a con-man, especially one who's better than you are.

  John Gillon : [defeated]  You beat me fair and square.

• [Gillon confronts Ham while Slim hangs by a noose, a mysterious man with a gun is nearby] 

  John Gillon : [shows Ham the bribe he took]  Five thousand Dollars, hidden under the seat of the cab in *your* truck.

  [Ham opens his mouth, but Gillon cuts him off immediately] 

  John Gillon : [menacingly]  DON'T you lie to me, boy!

  John Gillon : [beat]  I'm a generous man. SO the way I see it, you've got two options. You can "whoops him good", and win your fight tonight. Or you can lose it, and bury your brother here by first light of the morning.

  John Gillon : [pause]  I WILL get a "Yessuh" on that, Ham.

• [Gillon just lost] 

  John Gillon : [to a man in his way]  Do you mind? I just lost this whole piece-of-shit town!

  [someone takes his picture] 

  John Gillon : Now there's a picture worth about a WORD!

  [grabs camera and throws it to the ground] 

• [Caine has just bet an additional $1.5 million on the fight] 

  Gabriel Caine : So tell me, Gillon, do you have any balls left? Or just that little 2 inch dick?

  John Gillon : I wish I had a bar of American family soap to wash your mouth out with.

  Gabriel Caine : Are we gonna talk about what's in your bathroom, or what's in your fucking vault? Are you going or not?

• John Gillon : [leading prayer]  Dear Lord, please give us the strength and courage to tear this man from limb to limb.

• Fitz : [after lots of arguing over the rules for the bet]  Excuse me, do I look stupid to you? Or have you people been breeding too close to the gene pool again?

  John Gillon : [slams fist down]  Diggstown IS Olivair County.

  Gabriel Caine : A day IS 24 hours.

  John Gillon : [shaking his head, laughing]  Mr. Caine, my son and his friend are trying desperately to regain their honor, and his car. While I admire their courage as men I worry a great deal about their safety. They're boys. Let them wear their headgear, just those two, and you can have your 24 hour day. But Diggstown is in Olivair County, and any man residing in the county is a Diggstown man.

  Gabriel Caine : [goes to take a drink and stops]  I'll tell you what. Any man residing inside the county line TODAY... and can prove it, is a Diggstown man.

  John Gillon : Why you don't think I'd stoop to bringing in a ringer, do you Mr. Caine?

  Gabriel Caine : [slickly spins the top off his liquor bottle and pours himself a drink]  Not now I don't.

• John Gillon : We gonna go kill something now.

• John Gillon : You remember what I told you downstairs about his mind? About capturing his mind? Well, right now his mind is in a whole different place. What I need you to do is walk out there, step up to the apron, look him right in the eye and walk out. Then, we got him.