The Way West (1967)
Richard Widmark: Lije Evans
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Quotes
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[first lines]
[Mercy flirts silently with Brownie]
Lije Evans : Best not be lookin', Brownie.
Brownie Evans : I ain't lookin'... as hard as I can.
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Lije Evans : Them pretty peach trees are sure a long way from Georgia.
Mr. McBee : Yep, but I expect to plant 'em where the ground is forty feet deep, black as charcoal and soft as a woman.
Lije Evans : Now, whereabouts would that be? Heaven?
Mrs. McBee : Oregon, Mister! Ain't ya heard?
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[the wagon train is surrounded by Indians]
Dick Summers : He doesn't like what you're giving him.
Sen. William J. Tadlock : What does he want?
Dick Summers : Whiskey.
Sen. William J. Tadlock : Whiskey?
Lije Evans : Get 'em liquored up and maybe we could sneak off.
Dick Summers : You got a choice: you could give it to 'em or they'll take it. I agree that the first one might be a little dangerous, but the second one could prove fatal.
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Lije Evans : I guess we'll have to fight, Dick.
Dick Summers : Well, all right, but some of us are gonna have to settle for a piece of ground a little short of Oregon.
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Rebecca 'Becky' Evans : Lije, Lije, stay home this time!
Lije Evans : I wish I could, but I can't.
Rebecca 'Becky' Evans : Why?
Lije Evans : I don't know why. It's just that I got to go where I've not been. And where I can say, "This far I've come, I can't go no further. Do you understand that?
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Lije Evans : You know, for a smart man you ain't got a lick of sense! Not a speck!