“He's insisting we return with him to his village and be his...” – Howard, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ... Movie Quotes Database

[about the Indian chief, whose son he saved]

He's insisting we return with him to his village and be his guests...He says if he doesn't pay off his debt, all the saints in heaven will be angry. [Dobbs laughs] This is no laughing matter. I'm afraid he's determined to take us with him, even if it means force.

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