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Robert Mitchum
Jeff Bailey/Jeff Markham

It was the bottom of the barrel and I scraped it. But I didn't care. I had her.

Jeff Bailey/Jeff Markham

I sell gasoline, I make a small profit. With that I buy groceries. The grocer makes a profit. We call it earning a living. You may have heard of it somewhere.

Jeff Bailey/Jeff Markham
[to Whit]

You liked me because you could use me. You could use me because I was smart. I'm not smart anymore. I run a gas station.

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'Preacher' Harry Powell
[after Rachel pulls a shotgun on him]

All right, but you haven't heard the last of Harry Powell yet. The Lord God Jehovah will guide my hand in vengeance. Devil! You whores of Babylon! I'll be back, when it's dark.

'Preacher' Harry Powell

Once upon a time there was a pretty fly, he had a wife this pretty fly but one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night those pretty children flew away into the sky, into the moon.

'Preacher' Harry Powell
[singing]

Leaning, leaning!
Safe and secure from all alarms!
Leaning, leaning!
Leaning on the everlasting arms!

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Philip Marlowe
[voiceover, opening lines]

This past spring was the first that I felt tired and realized I was growing old. Maybe it was the rotten weather we'd had in L.A. Maybe the rotten cases I'd had. Mostly chasing a few missing husbands and then chasing their wives once I found them, in order to get paid. Or maybe it was just the plain fact that I am tired and growing old.

Philip Marlowe
[voiceover, to himself]

You've been beaten up, slapped, shot full of hop until you were as crazy as two waltzing mice; now let's see you do something really tough, like getting up.

Philip Marlowe
[on being shaken by the lapels]

Now wait a minute. I've been slapped, scratched, punched, knocked unconscious, drugged, and shot at, looking for your Velma, so quit trying to make a milkshake out of my insides, will you?

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Lieutenant Elgart
[on Cady's tattoos]

I don't know whether to look at him or read him.

Lieutenant Elgart

So what happened, your wife let the dog out and Cady abducted him and...

Sam Bowden

No, my wife didn't let the dog out.

Lieutenant Elgart

So he came into the house? Now that's illegal entry...

Sam Bowden

No, he didn't come into the house either. Now look, I'm not a cop, I don't know how he did it, all I know is that he DID it.

Lieutenant Elgart

Well, at the very least, we nail him for the dog. Now what happened? You let the dog out, Cady abducted him?

Sam Bowden

No, no, uh... we didn't let the dog out.

Lieutenant Elgart

Cady came into your house? Now that's illegal entry with intent--

Sam Bowden

Yeah, but he, uh, he didn't come into the house. Now look, I'm not a cop, I don't know exactly how he did it, I just know that he did it, somehow.

Lieutenant Elgart

That's not good enough, Mr. Bowden. Now you're a lawyer, you damn well know that.

Harry Kilmer

Everywhere I look, I can't recognize a thing.

Oliver Wheat

It's still there. Farmers in the countryside may watch TV from their tatami mats and you can't see Fuji through the smog, but don't let it fool you. It's still Japan and the Japanese are still Japanese.

Eiko Tanaka

Did you speak to Ken?

Harry Kilmer

Yeah

Eiko Tanaka

Does he know we are here?

Harry Kilmer

Sure.

Eiko Tanaka

Is he unhappy?

Harry Kilmer

I'm on my way over to see him now.

Eiko Tanaka

But is he unhappy?

Harry Kilmer

Of course he's unhappy, he's been unhappy ever since he lost the war. I keep trying to tell him it's not his fault, he won't take my word for it.

Dusty

That guy doesn't like you.

Harry Kilmer

No, not much.

Dusty

So how come you figure you can trust him?

Harry Kilmer

Giri.

Dusty

Gitty?

Harry Kilmer

Giri. Obligation.

Dusty

You mean he figures he owes you something?

Harry Kilmer

Yeah, sort of.

Dusty

Well, that can work two ways, Kilmer. If you ain't alive tomorrow, he don't owe you shit.

Narrator

Wyatt and Josie embarked on a series of adventures. Up or down, thin or flush, in 47 years they never left each other's side. Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles in 1929. Among the pallbearers at Earp's funeral were early western stars Tom Mix and William S. Hart. Tom Mix wept.

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1879 - the Civil War is over, and the resulting economic explosion spurs the great migration west. Farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune. Cattle growers turn cow towns into armed camps, with murder rates higher than than those of modern-day New York or Los Angeles. Out of this chaos comes legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, retiring his badge and gun to start a peaceful life for his family. Earp's friend, John "Doc" Holliday, a southern gentlemen turned gunman and gambler, also travels west, hoping the dry climate will relieve his tuberculosis. Silver is discovered in Arizona. Tombstone becomes queen of the boom towns where the latest Paris fashions are sold from the backs of wagons. Attracted to this atmosphere of greed, over 100 exiled Texas outlaws band together to form the ruthless gang recognized by the red sashes they wear. They emerge as the earliest example of organized crime in America. They call themselves The Cowboys.

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The power of the Cowboy Gang was broken forever. Ike Clanton was shot and killed two years later during an attempted robbery. Mattie died of a drug overdose shortly after she left Tombstone. Virgil and Allie Earp moved to California where Virgil, despite the use of only one arm, became a town sheriff. Wyatt and Josephine embarked on a series of adventures. Up or down, thin or flush, in 47 years they never left each other's side. Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles in 1929. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were early western stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix. Tom Mix wept.