Pike Bishop If they move, kill 'em!
Most-quoted character in The Wild Bunch (1969): in 27 of its 49 quotes
Most scenes with: Dutch (12), Lyle (6), Sykes (5)
We're not gonna get rid of anybody. We're gonna stick together, just like it used to be. When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal - you're finished! We're finished! All of us!
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9 quotes Pike Bishop Pike Bishop We started together. We'll end it together.
Pike Bishop She had a husband. If I'd had any sense, I'd have killed him. He wasn't around. I got careless. One night, he walked in on us. Got her with the first shot. Got me here with the second. Then the damned coward turned and ran. There isn't a day or an hour that passes that I don't think about it.
Pike Bishop This is our last go-around, Dutch. This time, we do it right!
Pike Bishop I figure that damn General will try to take this load without payin' for it and shoot us in the bargain. Only thing that'll change his mind is if somethin' would happen to these guns.
Pike Bishop What I don't know about I sure as hell am gonna learn.
Pike Bishop If they ever get armed with good leaders, this whole country will go up in smoke.
Pike Bishop When I get my share of the gold, twenty five hundred dollars worth, I'll tell you where four cases are. The others are waiting for me back at the wagon. If I don't show up pretty quick, they'll blow it...The quicker I get back, the quicker you get the next load...Up the arroyo about two miles, you'll find three cases of rifles and one case of ammunition hidden in the bush.
Pike Bishop Bitch!
Scenes with Pike Bishop
17 scenes
I kill 'em now?
Pike No. Hold them here until the shooting starts.
I'll hold 'em here 'til Hell freezes over or you say different.
Pike You boys want to move on or stay here and give him a... decent burial?
He was a good man, and I think we oughta bury him.
Pike He's dead. And he's got a lot of good men back there to keep him company.
Too damn many.
I think the boys are right. I'd like to say a few words for the dear, dead departed. And maybe a few hymns'd be in order. Followed by a church supper. With a choir.
You crazy bastards. Both of ya.
Pike There was a man named Harrigan. Used to have a way of doin' things. I made him change his ways. A hell of a lot of people, Dutch, just can't stand to be wrong.
Pride.
Pike And they can't forget it... that pride... being wrong. Or learn by it
How 'bout us, Pike? You reckon we learned - bein' wrong, today?
Pike I sure hope to God we did.
Pike Sharin' up will be the same as always.
Well, me and Tector don't think that he [points at Angel] oughtta get the same amount. He's just startin' out and this is mine and Tector's openin' for a new territory!
That's right, and I figure a share to that old goat [points at Sykes] for watchin' them horses is damn sure a share too much!
So we decided. It ain't fair.
Pike If you two boys don't like equal shares, why in the hell don't you just take all of it? Well, why don't you answer me, you damn yellow-livered trash!...I don't know a damn thing, except I either lead this Bunch or end it right now.
Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers! Damn!
Pike Bastards!...
We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes.
Pike They set it up.
They? Who in the hell is 'they'?
'They'?...Caught you didn't they, eh? Tied a tin can to your tail. Let you in and waltz you out again. Ha, ha, ha. Oh my, what a bunch. Big, tough one, eh? Ha, ha, ha. Here you are, with a handful of holes, a thumb up your ass, and a big grin to pass the time of day with. They? Who the hell is they?
Pike Railroad men, bounty hunters, Deke Thornton.
All your fancy plannin' and talkin' damn near got us shot to pieces over a few lousy bags of washers. Well, this was goin' to be me and Tector's last job before we quit and headed south. We spent all our time and money a-gettin' ready for this!
Pike You spent all your time and money runnin' whores in Hondo while I spent my stake settin' it up. Hell, I should have been runnin' whores instead of stealin' Army horses.
While you was doin' all that plannin', me and Tector was gettin' our bell rope pulled by two... two, mind you, Hondo whores! [starts laughing]
What's that?
That's one behind t'other.
That's right! That's what we was doin'!
What's our next move?
Pike Well, I figure Agua Verde's the closest... three days maybe. Then get the news and drift back to the border. Maybe a payroll, maybe a bank.
Maybe that damn railroad.
That damn railroad you're talkin' about sure as hell ain't a-gettin' no easier.
And you boys ain't a-gettin' any younger either.
Pike We've got to start thinkin' beyond our guns. Those days are closin' fast.
At least we won't have to worry about Deke Thornton.
Pike Hell, no; not after ridin' a half a case of dynamite into the river.
Well don't expect him to stay there. He'll be along and you know it.
Pike This was gonna be my last. Ain't gettin' around any better. I'd like to make one good score and back off.
Back off to what? Have you got anything lined up?
Pike Pershing's got troops, spread out all along the border. Every one of those garrisons are gonna be gettin' a payroll.
That kind of information is kind of hard to come by.
Pike No one said it was going to be easy but it can be done.
They'll be waitin' for us.
Pike I wouldn't have it any other way.
Pike, I wouldn't have it any other way either.
Pike Now that I find hard to believe.
Don Jose Not so hard. We all dream of being a child again, even the worst of us. Perhaps the worst most of all.
Pike You know what we are then.
Pike With the way the Generalissimo's cleaned out this part of the country, he ought to have a lot to spare.
Eh, Generalissimo, hell. He's just another bandit grabbin' all he can for himself.
Pike Like some others I could mention? [laughs]
Not so's you'd know it, Mr. Bishop. We ain't nothin' like him. We don't HANG nobody. I hope someday these people here kick him and the rest of that scum like him right into their graves.
We will. If it takes forever.
Pike I don't know why the hell I didn't let them kill you.
Listen, I'm not going to steal guns for that devil to rob and kill my people again.
Noble, noble. Very noble.
I didn't see no tears roll down your cheeks when you rode in from Starbuck.
Ah, they were not my people. I care about my people, my village. Mexico!
Listen boy, you ride with us, your village don't count. If it does, you just don't go along.
Then I don't go along.
Angel, one load of guns ain't gonna stop 'em raidin' villages. Well, you oughta be thinkin' about all the money you're gonna have.
Pike Buy 'em a ranch. Move 'em a thousand miles. Buy 'em two, three ranches.
One, a very small one.
Don't you see? This is their land. And no one is gonna drive them away.
I'll drink to that sentiment. And to love. But most of all, I'll drink to gold.
Pike Angel, you're a pain in the ass.
Would you give guns to someone to kill your father or your mother or your brother?
Pike Ten thousand cuts an awful lot of family ties.
My people have no guns. But with guns, my people could fight. If I could take guns, I would come with you.
Hey, um, how many cases of rifles did Zamorra say was in that shipment?
Pike Sixteen.
Well, give him one.
Pike All right. One case and one case of ammo. But you give up your share of the gold.
I will.
Pike We know you will.
Pike Any trouble, no guns for the General.
Herrera Ha, ha, ha. Very smart. That's very smart for you, damn gringos. So nobody can rob the guns.
Pike Nobody.
Herrera I am not afraid. They are not afraid. You blow up the wagon, you die. Or we kill you pretty soon. But we are amigos.
Show 'em boys.
Damn that Deke Thornton to Hell!
Pike What would you do in his place? He gave his word.
Gave his word to a railroad.
Pike It's his word!
That ain't what counts. It's who you give it to!
Say, back there in Starbuck. How'd my boy do?
Pike Your boy? Crazy Lee?
Yeah, C.L., Clarence Lee, my daughter's boy. Not too bright, but a good boy.
Pike Why didn't you tell me he was your grandson?
Well, you had enough things on your mind; besides he had to pull his own weight just like the rest of us. I just wanted to make sure he didn't let you down: run when things got hot. Huh? Huh?
Pike No, he did fine... just fine.
Pike Let the General take care of those boys [the bounty hunters].
You're crazy. That General would just soon kill us as break wind.
Pike He's so tickled with those guns, he'll be celebratin' for a week and happy to do us a favor. Thornton's not gonna follow us in there. While they're busy pickin' over Freddy, we'll find a back trail off this mountain and head for town.
What about our gold?
Pike We'll take one sack to pay our way. Bury the rest - together.
Pike [Pike enters Lyle and Tector's room as they are lingering with a prostitute]
Let's go.
[Lyle and Tector look at each other, then finally back at Pike] [arriving at his decision]
Why not.
