Rooster Cogburn (film) Quotes

Rooster Cogburn (film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . Rooster Cogburn ended its run in 1970.

It features Paul Nathan, and Hal B. Wallis as producer, Laurence Rosenthal in charge of musical score, and Harry Stradling, Jr. as head of cinematography.

Rooster Cogburn (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Rooster Cogburn (film) is 108 minutes long. Rooster Cogburn (film) is distributed by Universal Pictures, and Cinema International Corporation.

The cast includes: Katharine Hepburn as Eula Goodnight, John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, Richard Jordan as Hawk, and Strother Martin as McCoy.

Rooster Cogburn (film) Quotes

Katharine Hepburn as Eula Goodnight

• (Katharine Hepburn) "Reuben, I have to say it. Livin' with you has been an adventure any woman would relish for the rest o' time. I look at cha, with your burned out face and your big belly and your bear-like paws and your shining eye, and I have to say you're a credit to the whole male sex, and I'm proud to have ya for my friend."
• (John Wayne) "I'll be damned if she didn't get the last word in again. Well --"

• (Katharine Hepburn) "I will confess, Reuben, it is of my own invention. I just made it up."
• (John Wayne) "Hallelujah and jubilee, that is one quotation I will remember."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "And will you remember us, too, Reuben?"
• (John Wayne) "Longer than I'll remember that quotation, Miss Eula."

• (Katharine Hepburn) "You're too late, lawman."
• (John Wayne) "Too late to stop 'em, but not too late to hang 'em."

• (Katharine Hepburn) "Reuben, have you ever seen an enlarged picture of a drunkard's liver?"
• (John Wayne) "Damnation. Even in her sleep."
• (John Wayne) "Ow."
• (John Wayne) "Good night, Ms. Goodnight."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "Good night, Reuben."

• (Katharine Hepburn) "Just to whom do you think you are talking, Mr. Marshall?"
• (John Wayne) "You is to whom I think I am talking, Ma'am."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "It's true that you are larger than me -- but only physically."
• (John Wayne) "In this case, my dear lady, that is enough."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "Do you mean to tell me that you are prepared to use brute force?"
• (John Wayne) "That is exactly what I mean."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "Oh."

• (Katharine Hepburn) "The gun. The gun, Reuben. We've lost the gun."
• (John Wayne) "Well, now, sister, just what the hell can I do about it?"

Strother Martin as McCoy

• (Strother Martin) "You're shippin' out with a strange crew, captain."
• (John Wayne) "I'll match their mettle against most."
• (Strother Martin) "I'm glad it's your ship, not mine. Women can no more keep their mouths shut than a yellow-tailed catfish."
• (John Wayne) "Got to agree with you there."

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn

• (John Wayne) "How old are you?"
• (Katharine Hepburn) "Shall we say it has already struck midnight?"

• (John Wayne) "Ma'am, I don't know much about thoroughbreds; horses or women. Them that I did know, I never liked. They're too nervous and spooky; they scare me. But you're one high-bred filly that don't. 'Course, I don't know what you're talking about half the time."

• (John Wayne) "That shows you know more about the Lord and His Good Book than you know about men."
• (Katharine Hepburn) "That's my good fortune. I know enough about men to steer clear of them."

• (John Wayne) "I was proud to tell my deputy's wife that I shot his killers."

• (John Wayne) "Watch yourself, sister. Everything in these woods'll either bite ya, stab ya or stick ya."

• (John Wayne) "You seem to forget, Judge. You hung up my guns today."
• (John Wayne) "I am retired, relieved, and rejoicing."

• (John Wayne) "Damn your murderin' hides. Meet your maker."

• (John Wayne) "You ain't very hospitable."
• (Strother Martin) "I ain't got an ounce of goodwill in me, and that's a fact. I hate everybody. I'm a cantankerous old man, and I know it. I like myself better'n anyone I ever met, that's how come I took this job; to be alone with me."

• (John Wayne) "You bastard."
• (John Wayne) "You bastards."

• (John Wayne) "Being around you pleases me."

• (John Wayne) "It's payday, boys, come and get it."

Richard Jordan as Hawk

• (Richard Jordan) "You ain't got the know how to use it."
• (John Wayne) "Ain't that the way it works, Hawk?"

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