“I want Tom Chaney hanged for killing my father! It's little to me how...” – Mattie Ross, True Grit ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from True Grit 1969

Mattie Ross Kim Darby

I want Tom Chaney hanged for killing my father! It's little to me how many dogs and senators he's killed in Texas.

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Mattie Ross Those horses can't outrun Little Blackie! They're loaded down with fat men and iron! Mattie Ross I'm going! And it's not because you say I can't, and it's not because you say I can. I paid good cash money to be here, and I'm on my own business! Now, we'll have no more talk about it. Mattie Ross My name is Mattie Ross, of Near Dardanelle in Yell County. My family owns property, and I don't know why I'm being treated like this!