Rancho Notorious (1952)

Marlene Dietrich: Altar Keane

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Quotes 

• Altar Keane : [to Vern]  I'd wish you go away... and come back ten years ago.

• Baldy Gunder : Altar, you don't smile enough.

  Altar Keane : I'm sick of smiling.

• Altar Keane : [Her birthday is tomorrow]  Don't ask how old I'll be tomorrow, or I'll ask you.

  Frenchy Fairmont : Does another year bother you?

  Altar Keane : Every year's a threat to a woman.

• Frenchy Fairmont : He used his head and he used his guts.

  Altar Keane : Uses his eyes too, doesn't he.

  [to Vern] 

  Altar Keane : What are you staring at? Should I turn around?

• Preacher : Somewhere it is written there are three things a man really requires: good whiskey, a bold song, and an honest woman.

  Altar Keane : Or any woman.

• Vern Haskell : It strikes me real unfair, ma'am.

  Altar Keane : Why?

  Vern Haskell : I got two slaps, only one kiss.

• Vern Haskell : I am to get slapped again, if I can.

  Altar Keane : I knew you would.

• Altar Keane : Sometimes I like a man who doesn't believe what a woman tells him.

  Vern Haskell : And I like a woman who's sometimes cold like ice, sometimes burning like the sun, a pipe dream in blue jeans and a birthday dress.

• Vern Haskell : To be honest with you, ma'am, I've heard so many different stories about you, I wasn't certain there was any Altar Keane.

  Altar Keane : What do you think I was? A pipe dream?

• Altar Keane : [singing]  A young man is full of adventure, And eager to do what he can, He may be a joy, But don't send a boy, To do the work of a man...

• Altar Keane : [singing]  A young man will come when you call him, And leave when you tell him to go, But some day he'll guess, A woman means yes, Whenever a woman says no...

• Altar Keane : Vern, when you come to a fenced range, do you always try to climb over it?

  Vern Haskell : I always see if the gates open, first.

  Altar Keane : One way or another, though, you try.

• Altar Keane : This is Comanche Paul. He's half-Indian - the honest half.