True Grit (1969)

Strother Martin: Col. G. Stonehill

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Quotes 

• Mattie Ross : Do you know a Marshal Rooster Cogburn?

  Col. G. Stonehill : Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn and some people live to regret it. I would not be surprised to learn that he's a relative of yours.

• [Mattie returns later to buy a pony from Col. Stonehill] 

  Col. G. Stonehill : Do you entertain plans of ever leaving this city?

  Mattie Ross : Yes, I'm off early tomorrow morning for the Indian nation. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and I are going after the murderer, Tom Chaney.

  Col. G. Stonehill : Cogburn. How did you light on that greasy vagabond?

  Mattie Ross : They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit.

  Col. G. Stonehill : Well, I suppose he has that. He's a notorious thumper. He's not a man I would care to share a bed with.

  Mattie Ross : Nor would I.

• [Mattie is arguing with Col. Stonehill] 

  Col. G. Stonehill : I'll take it up with my attorney.

  Mattie Ross : And I will take it up with mine - Lawyer Daggett. And he will make money and I will make money and your lawyer will make money... and you, Mr. Licensed Auctioneer, you will foot the bill.

• [Col. Stonehill is frustrated at Mattie's bargaining] 

  Col. G. Stonehill : I will pay a total of two hundred dollars to your father's estate when I have in my hand a letter absolving me of all liability from the beginning of the world to date!

• Mattie Ross : Now I'm sure you'll find a buyer for those ponies very soon.

  Col. G. Stonehill : I have a tentative offer of ten dollars a head from the soapworks at Little Rock.

  Mattie Ross : It seems such a shame to render such spirited horseflesh into soap.

  Col. G. Stonehill : I'm confident the deal will fall through.