Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

L.Q. Jones: Pecos Hill

Quotes 

• Pecos Hill : There ain't no place like West Texas.

  Tom Buchanan : Then how come you're in California?

  Pecos Hill : Oh, I fiddle-footed. This country is so dang big, a man just itches to move around it. One day I got tired of watching the sun go west and I just followed it on out here. But I ain't itchin' no more. Before long, I'll follow that sun right on back to where I come from.

• Pecos Hill : Well, what are we going to do now?

  Tom Buchanan : First tie him up. Then fix us some food, Then... I'm not sure.

• [Pecos speaks over Lafe's grave] 

  Pecos Hill : Lafe, you and me worked for Lou Agry for nearly a year, and though I don't guess we was ever real buddies, I'm sorry it was me who stopped your clock. You had your good side, Lafe, but you had your bad side, too. Well... like cheatin' at stud and emptying my pockets whenever I got drunk. But I ain't holding these things against you, Lafe. And if you're holding a grudge against me, Lafe, just remember that when it come down to choosing between you and Buchanan here, well, I just had to choose Buchanan on account of he's a West Texan. And like I always say, let bygones be bygones. And I hope you're saying the same wherever you are. Well, so long, Lafe. You died real good.

• Tom Buchanan : Sounds like you put a lot of store in bein' a Texan.

  Pecos Hill : A man's gotta be loyal to somethin'.

  Tom Buchanan : That's the same way I feel.

  Lafe : Pecos, come on back here.

  Pecos Hill : [Referring to murdering Buchanan]  Buchanan, I want you to know I don't cotton none to this job.

  Tom Buchanan : A man oughtn't do a job he don't cotton to, Pecos.