Dakota Incident (1956)

Dale Robertson: John Banner

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Quotes 

• John Banner : Hamilton, you're the only man I ever knew who didn't put his thoughts right on his face where everybody could read them.

• John Carter : I'm no hero, friend. I'd be a fool to let chivalry carry me off in a box.

  John Banner : It's only a real scared man who stands up and shouts how brave he is.

• Matthew Barnes : Charity case. Nothing but charity cases. Who is gonna pay for this funeral?

  John Banner : You'll find $300 in his vest pocket. You take out for his funeral and send the rest to his nearest relative.

  Matthew Barnes : Nearest relative, huh?

  [To corpse] 

  Matthew Barnes : Nephew, you just found yourself an uncle.

• John Banner : It's getting hot. He needs burying!

• Amy Clarke : He really believed what he said.

  John Banner : Enough to die for it.

• John Banner : You keep riding, Frank. And don't let me ever find you.

• John Banner : I know it's not very sociable, but I've got a gun aimed right at your belly.

• [an Indian gives Banner and Amy his horse] 

  Cheyenne Leader : I make you a present.

  John Banner : White man thanks Indian.

  Amy Clarke : But your people! They went away... they left you!

  Cheyenne Leader : I walk back to my home over the mountains.

  John Banner : But why?

  Cheyenne Leader : It is the custom of my people. The walk is part of the gift.

• Amy Clarke : You killed a man once over a bottle of whiskey... winner take all. How many Indians would you kill for a canteen of water?

  John Banner : That's not the way I look at it. The point is, I don't want 'em to kill the only real friend I got - me!

• Sen. Blakely : How could you hate a man so much?

  John Banner : I didn't hate him. He was my brother!

• John Banner : Start walking and count to ten. And try not to deal off the bottom of the deck.

• John Banner : Only a fool gives a woman a loaded gun.

• Amy Clarke : Just a moment ago, you referred to me as a lady. In the future, please remember that I happen to be one.

  John Banner : No woman just happens to be a lady. There's some that work at it harder than others.

• John Banner : You're not only pretty, but you're smart, too. Can you cook?

  Amy Clarke : You've got petticoat fever, haven't you?