The War Wagon

[after shooting down two bad guys]

Lomax:
Mine hit the ground first.

Taw Jackson:
Mine was taller.

Lomax:
I can't afford to let you get killed, unless I do it!

Lomax:
You caused me a lot of embarrassment! You're the only man I shot, that I didn't kill.

Lomax:
[Jackson and Lomax see a man getting shot at by a gang] Let me guess which one's your friend.

[first lines]

Hoag:
Sheriff! Taw Jackson's back in town!

Sheriff Strike:
You sure?

Hoag:
Well, he's ridin' down the street right now, big as life.

Hoag:
Maybe prison took some of the starch out of you?

[Taw shoots a withering glare at the deputy who shrinks back]

Taw Jackson:
Maybe.

Taw Jackson:
Where's Lomax?

Wes Fletcher:
In Rondado... at the Oriental Palace. Billy Hyatt's in Chabisco.

Taw Jackson:
Levi?

Wes Fletcher:
He's down by Mesquitte with Colita's gang.

Taw Jackson:
What about the shipment?

Wes Fletcher:
The big one's four days from now.

Taw Jackson:
Doesn't give us much time.

Frank Pierce:
Get fresh horses - I want you in Rondado before sun-up. Find Lomax. I want him to kill Taw Jackson. I'll pay him anything he wants.

Hammond:
You'd pay him anything, sir?

Frank Pierce:
I'll go for ten thousand.

Hammond:
Hell, Mr. Pierce, we'd be willing to do it for a lot less than ten thousand dollars.

Frank Pierce:
If you could! Lomax is the one man that can, so get moving.

Shack:
Boss, you know the way they feel about each other, Lomax would probably ride all the way over here and kill him for nothin'.

Frank Pierce:
Unless there's money in it, Lomax ain't goin' to do nothin' for nothin'... and I want Taw Jackson dead!

Lomax:
What made you think I wouldn't kill you?

Taw Jackson:
Curiosity.

Lomax:
Well, you're still alive. Now what's to keep you that way?

Taw Jackson:
Money.

Lomax:
How much?

Taw Jackson:
Your share will be over a hundred thousand.

Lomax:
That's what I've always said the world needs... more simple understanding to bring people together!

Taw Jackson:
Did you know why Pierce wanted you to kill me?

Lomax:
Sure, so he could legally steal your land once he found there was gold on it. You were a hard-working rancher defending your property, yet it's you who gets shot, framed and sent to jail. I always thought that was kind of amusing.

Taw Jackson:
Well, it's nice to find a fellow with a keen sense of humor.

Lomax:
Well, I guess you don't know about his new toy - a little iron-plated thing he calls "The War Wagon."

Taw Jackson:
It takes an average shipment of fifty thousand in gold from Emmett to the railhead in El Paso 43 1/2 miles away.

Lomax:
Then there are a few guards...

Taw Jackson:
Thirty-three of 'em. Twenty-eight outriders and five in the coach. Each man is armed with a Henry repeating rifle, two Colts and two hundred rounds of ammunition.

Lomax:
What's all this got to do with me?

Taw Jackson:
We're going to take that wagon.

Lomax:
We are? Have you taken a look lately at the cemetery in Emmett? There's a bunch of cheap wooden crosses in one corner all kind of crowded in together. That's the tribute to the last fools who tried to stop The War Wagon. Like facts? A dollar fifteen for the casket, twelve cents for the crosses - Pierce foots the bill. A dollar twenty seven seems a poor price for a man's life - especially mine.

Taw Jackson:
In four days, Pierce is going to make the biggest gold shipment ever made out of the territory - a half a million dollars.

Lomax:
How are we goin' to take it? With the Prussian army?

Taw Jackson:
With three other fellas. Five of us.

Lomax:
Five. I'm kind of glad I didn't kill you tonight - you're funny as hell!

[Lomax agrees to join Taw Jackson's gang]

Lomax:
One condition.

Taw Jackson:
What's that?

Lomax:
My time from now till the robbery costs you one hundred dollars a day... if I fire my gun - five hundred.

Lomax:
Haven't got that kind of money.

Lomax:
I'll take a marker against your share of the gold.

Taw Jackson:
It's a deal.

Lomax:
Do you always wear a gun over your underwear?

Taw Jackson:
Just lately.

Lomax:
You got a bargain, Big Man.

Taw Jackson:
How's that?

Lomax:
Two five-hundred dollar days for the price of one.

Lomax:
Don't let anything happen to ya.

Taw Jackson:
Not likely.

Levi Walking Bear:
Dumb Indians!

Taw Jackson:
Looks like they're getting ready to move out.

Levi Walking Bear:
They are. Squaws, old men, children - Pierce has starved them out. He'll have all the land now.

Taw Jackson:
What about Wild Horse?

Levi Walking Bear:
He and the warriors are stayin', but Pierce will hunt them down, too. Dumb Indians.

Taw Jackson:
And you're smart?

Levi Walking Bear:
Sure! Because I've learned to live in the white man's world and do what they do. Grab all you can, anytime you can.

[Taw and Levi negotiate with Chief Wild Horse for his warriors' assistance in their attack on The War Wagon]

Levi Walking Bear:
He says your enemy is his enemy.

Taw Jackson:
Good!

Levi Walking Bear:
No. He says he will lose too many braves.

Taw Jackson:
Ask him, "Does he ride with warriors, or women?"

[flirting during a poker game]

Lomax:
What's your pleasure?

Lola:
Stud.

Lomax:
You know, Pierce upped the ante on you. You're worth twelve thousand to me... dead.

Taw Jackson:
And a hundred thousand alive.

Lomax:
One's a gamble, the other's a sure thing.

Taw Jackson:
Lomax, nothing's a sure thing.

Lola:
[from the bedroom] Precious?

Lomax:
Well, I didn't feel much like shooting you this morning anyway... partner.

Taw Jackson:
Neither did I... precious.

Wes Fletcher:
Let me show you somethin'. You ever seen a shell like this before?

Taw Jackson:
Yeah.

Wes Fletcher:
Well, I took in ten thousand rounds to Pierce last week.

Taw Jackson:
Hmm. Gatling gun.

Taw Jackson:
The plans have changed. The Kid wants to use nitro.

Lomax:
Nitroglycerine?

Taw Jackson:
Which is in a safe that you'll have to open.

Lomax:
Forget it! I'm not gonna be anywhere near that drunk kid and nitro.

Taw Jackson:
Lomax, that cuts it! Nobody takes a half a million sittin' on their backside. You'll either quit acting like a prima donna or we'll call the whole thing off.

Lomax:
All right, but it'll cost you two thousand dollars more of your share.

[during the fight with Wild Horse's braves, the wagon with the stolen gold hidden in the flour barrels flips over spilling it's contents among the grateful Indian women]

Lomax:
They're picking it clean! Why didn't you stop 'em?

Taw Jackson:
Well, just how do I go about that?

Levi Walking Bear:
I'm afraid Taw's right, Lomax. They'll fight you.

Lomax:
Shut up, you Indian!

Levi Walking Bear:
I know my people. To them it's flour.

Lomax:
Flour? What about the gold?

Levi Walking Bear:
As far as they know, it's just food.

Lomax:
Oh great, just great. I'm out a hundred thousand of my share, two thousand from Levi...

[to Levi who is riding off towards the Indians sifting through the barrels of flour where Taw's gang has hidden the gold dust]

Lomax:
Where are you going?

Levi Walking Bear:
Back to my people.

Lomax:
Now what am I supposed to do, live with the Indians for the next year and open up a bakery? And with Pierce dead, it doesn't even pay to kill you any more!

[last lines]

Lomax:
How much is there and what did you do with it?

Taw Jackson:
A hundred thousand. I hid it.

Lomax:
Where?

Taw Jackson:
I'll let you know in about six months.

Lomax:
Six months? I want it now!

Taw Jackson:
Now it wouldn't be smart to start flashing gold dust around right after a robbery would it?

Lomax:
What am I supposed to do in the mean time, huh?

Taw Jackson:
Well, for one thing, you better make damned sure I stay alive.

Lomax:
That's a twenty-four hour a day job!

Taw Jackson:
That's your problem... partner.

Billy Hyatt:
Say, ah, how come you're married to Wes?

Kate:
I ain't really. He bartered me.

Billy Hyatt:
Bartered you?

Kate:
My folks traded me for twenty dollars and a horse. They's poor.

Billy Hyatt:
Me, I'd call that a lot worse than poor.

Kate:
Ain't much never mind. 'Bout the same here as it was with them. Get your work done, keep your mouth shut.

Billy Hyatt:
Twenty dollars and a horse. Seems to me you'd be worth... a little more than that.

[after knocking out one of Pierce's henchmen, Taw reclaims his stolen pistol]

Taw Jackson:
The shells in here...

[brandishes pistol]

Taw Jackson:
...belong to him. You tell him he can come and get 'em... *any* time!

Frank Pierce:
Injuns don't blow bridges!

[repeated line]

Lomax:
Well...

Taw Jackson:
...yeah...

Levi Walking Bear:
[at the bar] Whiskey! I said, Whiskey!

Levi Walking Bear:
[at the bar] Whiskey! I said, Whiskey!

Bartender:
We don't serve Indians here.

Levi Walking Bear:
Then I serve myself. [pours drink for himself and Lomax] Join me.

Lomax:
Thanks.

Taw Jackson:
[Levi pours drink for Jackson] No thanks.

Levi Walking Bear:
You too good to drink with Indian?

Taw Jackson:
That's right. [Levi puts bottle down, hits Jackson, starts bar fight]

Levi Walking Bear:
[during the fight] You might say I saved your life.

Lomax:
Bartender, set 'em up on me.

Taw:
I buy my own.

Lomax:
You mean you're refusing my hospitality?

Taw:
I'm ignoring it.

Lomax:
Well, I take that as an insult.

Taw:
Well now you take it however you want.