Bite the Bullet (1975)

Ian Bannen: Sir Harry Norfolk

Quotes 

• Carbo : Hey, British! Drink to the winner.

  [Carbo throws Norfolk a bottle of whiskey] 

  Norfolk : Thank you. I haven't really won the race yet, however.

• Norfolk : How much does Parker pay you? Fifty dollars a month? Sixty? Win this race and you could have three years' salary!

  Sam Clayton : Mister, did you ever see a horse run himself to death just to please the man on his back? What's the horse get out of it? Cracked bones? Colic? See his picture in the paper? Horse doesn't give a damn who wins a race. Me neither.

• [Matthews ignores Carbo's challenge for a gunfight] 

  Mister : You done right. A boy lookin' for a reputation is the most dangerous thing alive.

  Norfolk : It certainly wasn't worth dyin' for.

  Miss Jones : What is?

• Norfolk : And how was the shorter route?

  Luke Matthews : [chuckles]  Longer.

• Reporter : To the West!

  Norfolk : Awesome and inspiring.

  Jack Parker : I don't see what's so inspiring about a flash flood or a blizzard, or a landslide or a sandstorm or a dust storm or any sudden disaster, personal or financial. Today the desert will broil you royal, tomorrow the mountain will freeze you stiff. That's your West: violent, treacherous. Every prairie dog hole is a gold mine, every molehill is a mountain, every creek is a river and everybody you meet is a liar.

  Miss Jones : When you call me that smile, stranger.