Gunslinger

Cane Miro:
I'll make you a deal. I won't try to make you a bad woman, if you stop trying to make me a good man.

Marshal Rose Hood:
You're not bad, you're just no good.

[first lines]

Rose Hood:
Hi.

Marshal Scott Hood:
Hi. Long night.

Rose Hood:
A quiet one for a change.

Marshal Scott Hood:
Aw, you shouldn't get up so early just to fetch my breakfast.

Rose Hood:
What else is a Marshal's wife good for?

Rose Hood:
You figure out what you're going to do about Erica's tramps at the Red Dog?

Marshal Scott Hood:
Now who in the world could stand up to that woman?

Rose Hood:
Try me.

Marshal Scott Hood:
Naw, you stick to makin' coffee, Rose. I'll take care of the criminal element.

[a member of 'the criminal element' shoots him in the back]

[Rose gives her husband's badge to the mayor]

Rose Hood:
Pin it on.

Mayor Gideon Polk:
Pin it on who?

Rose Hood:
On me.

Mayor Gideon Polk:
Come on, Rose. You must be pulling my leg.

Erica Page:
I think it's a wonderful idea. With a woman marshal, Oracle will be the hit of the Western dime novels... and what bad man would dream of shooting a woman?

Deputy Joshua Tate:
I don't know. I reckon some people won't think it proper for a new widow to go around in pants - even if they are black.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Ever see a police officer in a corset?

[Rose straps on a six-shooter]

Herman:
Hey, are you going to wear that cannon?

Marshal Rose Hood:
I don't imagine a bank robber will change the rules just for me.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Come on, Joshua. Let's start enforcing the law.

[to drunk in the next jail cell]

Marshal Rose Hood:
Either you turn around or I'll book you for rustling.

Mayor Gideon Polk:
Of course, you realize how the town will feel if...

Erica Page:
Some nights I lie awake two or three seconds worrying about it.

[Cane shoots one of Rose's prisoners who attempted to escape]

Cane Miro:
C'mon - I'll help you get your worm bait back to town.

Erica Page:
Jake, get three thousand out of the office safe. Take your time about coming back.

Cane Miro:
That's better. No point in my having to trust you when I can worry about nicer things.

Erica Page:
What things, Cane?

Cane Miro:
Such as who do I kill and when?

Erica Page:
The local law on Saturday.

Cane Miro:
The chesty marshal?

Cane Miro:
Remember me?

Marshal Rose Hood:
Cane Miro - wanted in three states and five territories for murder, bank robbery, stage robbery, train robbery and sundry assaults.

Cane Miro:
Take a look in your ledger; see if I'm wanted in this state. I haven't checked lately.

[checking one of Rose's rifles]

Cane Miro:
You ought to keep these clean.

Marshal Rose Hood:
No, you aren't wanted here. If you were, I'd find a place for you with the other characters I've met this week - next to my husband in Boot Hill.

Marshal Rose Hood:
What's your business in Oracle?

Cane Miro:
It's honest... It's also private.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Well, that's no answer.

Cane Miro:
I intend to keep it that way.

[discussing Cane's business]

Marshal Rose Hood:
How long is it going to take?

Cane Miro:
About five weeks.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Make it five days.

Cane Miro:
That's mighty charitable. I might be able to finish in five days - but that also leaves five nights. What do you do nights, Miss Marshal.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Oh, I keep an eye on suspicious characters.

Cane Miro:
I'm a suspicious character.

Marshal Rose Hood:
I think I'll assign Joshua to you. He takes care of drunks, mad dogs and smart saddle tramps.

Cane Miro:
But I'm a celebrity. You ought to give me your personal attention.

Marshal Rose Hood:
I just hope I don't have to, Mr. Miro.

Jake Hayes:
Why pay for something I'll do for free?

Erica Page:
If you ever got caught, they'll come after me. That's why I try to keep you from sin, little man.

[hearing gunfire in the distance]

Marshal Rose Hood:
I'm a fool! Instead of doing my job, I'm out here disgracing Scott's memory - and it's all your fault!

Cane Miro:
Nothing we both do is all my fault.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Are your girls ready to leave?

Erica Page:
You said Friday! This is only Tuesday night.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Just a reminder.

Erica Page:
Well, *thank you*. Now that I've been reminded, may I go to the Red Dog?

Marshal Rose Hood:
You may go to the red devil as far as I'm concerned.

Marshal Rose Hood:
We're sworn enemies. All the moonlight in heaven can't change that.

[referring to the new railroad line]

Cane Miro:
It's not coming.

Erica Page:
They're going to build the line through Rockdale.

Cane Miro:
It's a shame.

Erica Page:
Is that all you can say?

Cane Miro:
It's a darn shame.

Erica Page:
It's Joshua.

Cane Miro:
Looks like he means to hold us up.

Erica Page:
You'll have to get him.

Cane Miro:
You'll have to pay me for it!

Erica Page:
I gave you three thousand to take care of the law in Oracle. He's part of it.

Cane Miro:
So you did. I should have listened to the fine print.

[last lines]

Sam Bass:
Looks like a nice, quiet, little town you got here.

Marshal Rose Hood:
Yeah. Yeah it is.