The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Russell Crowe: Cort
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Quotes
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Cort : [after killing all of Herod's henchmen] Sorry, John. Changed the rules. From now on, all the fights are fair.
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Cort : There's a click before the strike. Listen to the clock.
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John Herod : I said, are you still fast?
Cort : Faster than you.
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Cort : Sorry, John. Changed the rules. From now on, all the fights are fair.
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Cort : There's a click before the strike. Listen to the clock.
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Cort : [forced to kill Ellen in their duel] You're gonna burn for this, Herod, you son of a bitch.
[Herod's henchmen restrain him]
Cort : This what you wanted all along? Why don't you come and get some?
Ratsy : [getting headbutted] Ow! My nose! Son of a bitch!
John Herod : Of course we'll fight. But the rules say tomorrow. I'll even let you name the time.
Cort : Dawn.
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John Herod : [threatening to hang Cort] I want you in that contest.
Cort : No.
John Herod : [shooting at the chair on which Cort stands] Think about it.
[taking two more shots]
John Herod : Last chance. Yes or no?
Cort : Go to hell.
[as Herod chambers another round, the chair begins to crack, ready to break]
Ellen : Sign me up.
Horace : No women in quick-draw. It's against the rules.
John Herod : There's no rule against ladies. It's just that women can't shoot for shit.
[laughing with the other patrons]
John Herod : Adios, reverend.
[he shoots the chair one last time, and as Cort begins to hang, Ellen frees him by shooting the beam around which the noose is threaded]
John Herod : [impressed] Put 'em both in the contest.
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Cort : [after Ellen learns he's a former member of Herod's gang] I was only a kid when I hitched up with Herod. He singled me out because I was... a little smarter, a little faster than most. First completely fearless man I've ever met, and he wanted me to be just the same as him. We used to go revenue-collecting along the border, just the two of us, like some families go on picnics. We were down in Nogales, taking the bank. And we walked out to a street full of federal soldiers. We got shot up so bad... this padre hid us in his mission... tended our wounds, fed us... talked to us both for hours. When we were strong enough to head home, Herod told me to shoot him. When I said no, he put a gun to the back of my head and started to count down from 10. So I killed the priest. It doesn't matter what I do now. I'm already damned, I know that. Don't go down that road. You don't have to become like me.
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John Herod : When's the last time you held a gun, Cort?
Cort : You know when.
John Herod : Heh. Yes.
Kid : Here. I got offered $120 for this Colt. You wanna try it out?
[he tosses it to Cort, who spins it around on his fingers]
John Herod : You got $120, Cort?
Cort : I don't have any money. The Lord provides me with everything I need.
John Herod : [Cort returns the pistol] Mm. We're just wasting this boy's time, then, aren't we? I'll tell you what, I'll be a good Samaritan. What's the cheapest gun you got? Not in the case. I mean the cheapest piece of worthless crap you got in the whole miserable store.
Kid : All right.
[taking out a cheap-looking pistol]
Kid : Five bucks.
John Herod : Sold.
[the Kid starts to load ammo into the chambers]
John Herod : What are you doing there? No. The preacher here's got the Lord on his side. He only needs one bullet. Just one. Otherwise, he might be tempted to shoot his way out of town.
Kid : That gun shoots straight. I wouldn't sell it if it didn't.
Cort : It's okay, Kid. I won't draw.
John Herod : Sure you will. I know you, Cort. When it comes down to it, you'll pull the trigger.
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Horace : Round two! Four fights today, featuring the eight remaining contestants. The winner is the contestant left standing.
John Herod : Left alive.
Horace : [the crowd gasps] Left alive! From now on, we fight to the death.
Cort : Well, well, well. What a surprise, John. You changing the rules.
John Herod : Any problem with that?
Cantrell : Well... I was planning to kill you anyway.
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Ellen : You're pretty fast. Hope I don't have to fight you.
Cort : You have a choice to be here. I don't.
Ellen : He made you do it.
Cort : I was the only one who pulled the trigger.
Ellen : Well, this ain't much of a town for a preacher.
Cort : I wasn't always a preacher.
John Herod : [overhearing them] Cort was an outlaw, like us. Weren't you? In fact, he used to ride with me. Of course, that's all changed now. He's a man of peace. Wouldn't hurt a fly.
[as he puts his arm around her, she removes it in disgust]
John Herod : Easy. There was a time when, uh, you couldn't tell us apart.
Ellen : [as Herod leaves] Is that true?
[getting no answer]
Ellen : Is that true?
Cort : Yes.
Ellen : I should have let you die.
