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Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster
(as Joe Erin)

Benjamin Trane: [looking to buy a horse] How much?
Joe Erin: $100... gold!
Benjamin Trane: That's mighty hard.
Joe Erin: So's walkin'!

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster
(as Joe Erin)

Benjamin Trane: You just can't do enough for me, can yuh, Joe?
Joe Erin: Why not? You're the first friend I ever had.

George Macready

George Macready
(as Emperor Maximillian)

Emperor Maximillian: [In a shooting contest, he fires his rifle at the torch that his servant is carrying. He misses, shrugs, and says:] Perhaps I'd better stop. We have a servant problem as it is.

George Macready

George Macready
(as Emperor Maximillian)

Emperor Maximillian: They're a disreputable-looking band, Henri. Do they know the nature of their mission?
Marquis Henri de Labordere: Only that they will be handsomely rewarded.
Emperor Maximillian: Do you consider death a handsome enough reward for them?

George Macready

George Macready
(as Emperor Maximillian)

Emperor Maximillian: You may present me to the courageous little group.


George Macready

George Macready
(as Emperor Maximillian)

Emperor Maximillian: You see, there's the Countess who'll occupy the coach. She's decided that she must see Paris again, and we... indulge her every whim. The Marquis's gravely concerned that she reach the ship in Vera Cruz safely.
Benjamin Trane: She will if the price is right.
Emperor Maximillian: I suppose when one deals with men of action, one just expect action. Does 25,000 in gold sound reasonable?
Benjamin Trane: A pretty figure but only half as pretty as the figure we're escorting to Vera Cruz.
Emperor Maximillian: I gather that double would increase your sense of responsibility.
Benjamin Trane: It would double it.
Emperor Maximillian: 50,000 it is then!

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster
(as Joe Erin)

[first lines]
Benjamin Trane: Howdy. You an American?
Joe Erin: You interested in me or the horses?

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