3:10 to Yuma/Funny

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1957 Version

  • The charmming Mr. Potter (the town drunk) as he gets ready to go and join the posse who have gone after the stage robbers.

Mr. Potter: Ain't cha gonna help catch 'em?
Ben Wade: Ah, wish I could.
Mr. Potter: What'd they look like?
Ben Wade: Oh, they'll be easy to catch. That's three big men on three white horses.
Mr. Potter: ...Three white fellas... on three big horses, huh?

  • "Safe! Who knows what's safe? I knew a man dropped dead from lookin' at his wife. My own grandmother fought the Indians for sixty years... then choked to death on lemon pie. Do I have two volunteers?"
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