Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.2 (2012)

Kevin Costner: 'Devil' Anse Hatfield

Quotes 

• 'Devil' Anse Hatfield : [emerging from the woods]  Guns down... Now!... I said now.

  Good Lias Hatfield : Do what he says or I'll scatter your brains all over this place.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : The rest of you, kneel down there next to your brother. And pray as if your lives depended on it, on account that it do. Are you deaf, McCoy? I said to kneel.

  Jim McCoy : I kneel for no man. And I pray only to God. Not you.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : You a brave man, Jim McCoy.

  [holsters his gun] 

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : Your daddy should be proud.

• 'Devil' Anse Hatfield : [to the condemned]  You boys understand what's gonna happen here? You understand why? Make yourselves ready.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : [taking his place on the firing line]  Aim! Harden your hearts.

  [begins shooting] 

• [last lines] 

  John B. Floyd : I petitioned the U.S. District Court for writs of habeas corpus on our imprisoned citizens. Now, Governor Wilson has had a heated exchange of telegrams with Governor Buckner.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : Heated exchange?

  John B. Floyd : Yes, sir.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : You hear that, Wall? They had a They had themselves a heated exchange. Get me troopers at the border, John. Troopers at the border. So when McCoy tries it again, you stop his ass.

  Judge Valentine 'Wall' Hatfield : John. John. What these son of bitches are doing is illegal. Ain't no out-of-state lawman got the right to invade another sovereign state, to abduct citizens warrant or no damn warrant.

  John B. Floyd : I sent an official requisition to Kentucky calling for the arrest of Frank Phillips and 23 members of his posse.

  William 'Cap' Hatfield : Kentucky ain't gonna do nothing.

  John B. Floyd : But if they try to invade West Virginia again, Mr. McCoy's posse can be arrested here.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : Mm hmm. By who?

  Good Lias Hatfield : Aw, hell, deputize *us*, give us a few cannons, we'll ride into Pikeville, end this shit right now.

  John B. Floyd : Sir, you are talking about starting another civil war.

  'Devil' Anse Hatfield : That's not talk, John. That's what we already got. So you tell the governor, he steps in, or I will.

• 'Devil' Anse Hatfield : Somebody wanna tell me how a son of mine can turn out to be so Goddamn dumb?