Lone Star

Lone Star1996

Director: Vincent Sherman
Stars: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 135 minutes

This complex and rich film by John Sayles stars Chris Cooper as the contemporary sheriff of a Texas border town still under the sway of his late, legendary lawman father (Matthew McConaughey, seen in flashbacks). The discovery of a skeleton and crus… more »



Chucho Montoya:
You're the sheriff of Rio County, right? Un jefe mui respectado.

Chucho Montoya:
Step across this line. You're not the sheriff of nothing anymore, just some tejano with a lot of questions I don't have to answer. A bird flying south, you think he sees this line? Rattlesnake? Javelina? Whatever you got. You think halfway across that line they start thinking different? Why should a man?

Sheriff Sam Deeds:
Your government's always been pretty happy to have that line, the question's just been where to draw it.

Chucho Montoya:
My government can go f*** itself, and so can yours! I'm talking about people here. Men.

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