Other Titles • The Unforgiven • Denen man nicht vergibt (1960)
Quotes from The Unforgiven (1960)
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Rachel: Ben, what did those Indians want? Ben: They offered to buy you for those five horses. Rachel: Well, did you sell me? Ben: Nope; held out for more horses.
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[the family is trying to act normally while three Indians are waiting outside] Cash Zachery: Dammit, Ben. We can kill them before we eat breakfast.
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Cash Zachary: I've left my family. They've changed. Turned into Indian lovers; Injun lovers. I'm a little drunk, Georgia. Georgia Rawlins: C'mon, Cash. You can sleep it off in the barn. There's a nice bed in my room if you'll marry me. CAsh Zachary: I might be drunk; but I ain't that drunk.
4
Lost Bird: We come in peace. Ben Zachary: My land. My sky. You are welcome. Lost Bird: Young horses. Good for fighting. Good for hunting. You take. Ben Zachary: I am ashamed. I have nothing to offer you. Lost Bird: In house. You have woman. One our women. Ben Zachary: Who told you this. Lost Bird: Old man. One your tribe. Carry long knife. He say you have one our women. Ben Zachary: He is crazy. Lost Bird: Sun speak through him. Talk to dead people. He say woman your house my sister. Ben Zachary: He lies. Woman my house white. Dahkoi. Father white, mother white. Burned to death by you; by Kiowa. Lost Bird: How many horses for woman? Ben Zachary: There are not enough horses in the world. Not as many as you can catch. Not as many as you can steal.
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[the Zacharys are discussing the rumors about Rachel] Cash: It's out there, Ben. It's layin' on their stomachs and they don't know what to do. Ben: Well, it's still a lie and we've got nothin' to be ashamed of. Cash: What are we goin' to do when one of them says it? What are we goin' to do when one of them says it to Rachel? Ben: Kill 'em, I guess. Cash: That's all I wanted to hear.
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[Charlie Rawlins has asked Ben for permission to marry Rachel] Rachel: Well, Ben; you ain't goin' to shoot Charlie now are you? Ben: I'm thinkin' about it. If I wasn't so short-handed I might.
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[Ma Zachary has finally admitted to the family that Rachel really is a Kiowa] Matilda Zachary: Your Pa brought the little Indian baby to me and put her in my arms. My own girl child with yellow curls had just died; too young to even have a name. My breasts were hurting with all that milk. So I gave the baby her name, Rachel. Rachel, my sweet beautiful Kiowa baby.
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[Cash advocates killing the Kiowa outside of the house] Ben: All right, Cash. Let's see if they're after our scalps first. [shoots the top of one Indian's lance] Ben: I'm going out to talk. Cash, if they break the peace, kill them. Cash: When will that be? Ben: When they kill me.
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Andy Zachary: [the Zachary's are trapped inside the house] The only thing I hate is I never got to go to Wichita and have me - pauses and looks at Ma - that glass of beer.
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