Yancy Derringer (TV Series)
Longhair (1959)
Jock Mahoney: Yancy Derringer
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Quotes
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[discussing the attacks on Custer's life using Indian weapons]
Yancy Derringer : Suppose it was a white man who lived with the Indians...
Colorado Charlie : Like me.
Yancy Derringer : That knew them and sympathized with them...
Colorado Charlie : Like me.
Yancy Derringer : Wanted to kill Custer for what he'd done to them, wanted anyone to know the reason why...
Colorado Charlie : Unh-uh. Not like me.
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General George Custer : Derringer, are you a gambler?
Yancy Derringer : I've been known to take a fly.
General George Custer : I'd like to make a bet with you.
Yancy Derringer : You name it.
General George Custer : I'll bet your blood-brother Pawnee is trying to kill me and I have a way to prove it. If I win, it's his scalp.
Yancy Derringer : And if you lose - yours?
General George Custer : Derringer, a lot of redskins have tried to take Longhair's scalp and died in the trying.
Yancy Derringer : I was thinking about myself.
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General George Custer : You don't like me much, huh?
Yancy Derringer : Mr. Custer, I think you are a very brave man, but you're not very smart. You're an ambitious man, but not for you country - strictly for yourself.
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General George Custer : Well, I lose. Would you like to try for Longhair's scalp?
Yancy Derringer : I'll leave that up to your Indian friends, Mr. Custer.
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[last lines]
John Colton : You should feel proud, Yancy. You saved the life of...
Yancy Derringer : Pahoo-Ke-Ta-Wah?
John Colton : Well, I was going to say, "General George Armstrong Custer".
Yancy Derringer : I wonder what fate we saved him for.
[while menacing music plays, the camera goes into a close-up of the Indian Pahoo's face]