River of No Return (1954)
Robert Mitchum: Matt Calder
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Quotes
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Kay Weston : This country is crawling with Indians, and you're going fishing.
Matt Calder : There are lots of ways to die. Starving to death isn't my favorite.
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Matt Calder : He can run but he can't hide.
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Matt Calder : Next time you try anything like that, I'll forget you're a woman.
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Matt Calder : If a man doesn't know what he's doing or where he's going, the best thing for him to do is just back up and start all over again.
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Mark Calder : She's beautiful, isn't she?
Matt Calder : There's an old saying, Mark: "It's only skin-deep."
Mark Calder : What is?
Matt Calder : Beauty.
Mark Calder : How deep should it be?
Matt Calder : Well, ask her, son. She looks like an expert.
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Matt Calder : It depends on whose ox gets gored.
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Padre : I expected to find a small trading post, and instead: Sodom and Gomorrah. All because someone has found gold in this earth.
Matt Calder : You looking for it too, padre?
Padre : I came here as a missionary to the Indians. I think the white man will need me more.
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Mark Calder : Why did you name me Mark?
Matt Calder : Simple. I'm Matthew. Mark follows Matthew. It's the Bible.
Mark Calder : I follow you.
Matt Calder : Right.
Mark Calder : And that's how you thought of it?
Matt Calder : Nah, it wasn't me, it was your mother. Come on, let's quit dreaming.
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Matt Calder : We could use some coffee. You got any?
Ben : Got everything but Pâté de Foie Grass. Come on in.
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Matt Calder : Now, what's all this? What kind of an act is this?
Kay Weston : I'm a performer. Didn't you know? Songs and dances.
Matt Calder : I think I know you pretty well.
Kay Weston : I think I know you, too.
Matt Calder : Hm? What am I like?
Kay Weston : Really not so bad. Not so tough and grim as you seem. I think you do a little acting yourself.
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Mark Calder : You shot him in the back?
Matt Calder : That's right! I shot him, in the back or in the front. What does it matter how you kill a snake? What does it matter which way he's facing?
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Matt Calder : The Indians call it the River of No Return. From here on, you'll find out why.
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Ben : Matt Calder! Gosh, I thought you was down there on your farm - with a tomahawk in your head.
Matt Calder : No, I like to keep my head, Ben. It's about the only thing I've got left.
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Harry Weston : Don't I know you from somewhere?
Matt Calder : Well, that might depend on what you do.
Harry Weston : I'm a gambler.
Matt Calder : Then you don't know me from anywhere.
Harry Weston : I always say "What's the difference?"
Matt Calder : That's what I always say.
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Kay Weston : You said no one could go down the river. You said it'd be suicide if he tried it.
Matt Calder : He's not trying. I am. There's a difference.
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Matt Calder : Don't bring his troubles to me.
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Kay Weston : I'll tell you how he didn't treat me. He didn't treat me like a tramp. He treated me like a woman. So he made a mistake. If you had lived like he has all of his life, on crumbs and bones, maybe you'd do a crazy thing if you had a chance to make a fortune. Maybe you'd do a foolish thing yourself.
Matt Calder : I wouldn't leave a kid to die - or a woman, even if she was a tramp.
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Harry Weston : How much do you want for your horse and your gun?
Matt Calder : Money? Now what would I do? Plough that field up with a silver dollar and then throw it in some Indian's face?
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Mark Calder : How was the water?
Kay Weston : Freezing, but I'm becoming hardened. I guess it's from seeing life in the raw and running around with strong, silent types like you guys.
Matt Calder : Yeah.
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Kay Weston : I'm sorry I opened my big mouth in front of the boy. You hurt me and I wanted to hurt you back.
Matt Calder : Well, that's the way it works.
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Kay Weston : We're never gonna get there, are we?
Matt Calder : Like you said, who gets anywhere?
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Ben : They're all kinda crazy, ain't they?
Matt Calder : What's that, Ben?
Ben : The times! White men chasin' gold. Indians chasin' white men. Army chasin' the Indians.
