Alibi Terhune Quotes in Arizona Stage Coach (1942)

Elmer, Alibi's dummy: Alibi, come here.

Alibi Terhune: What's bothering you, Elmer?

Elmer, Alibi's dummy: Who's going to take that money to the stage office?

Alibi Terhune: Well, I am, I reckon.

Elmer, Alibi's dummy: That's what I was afraid of. You better take me along to protect you.

'Dusty' KIng: Why did you change your handle from Lullaby to Alibi?

'Alibi' Terhune: Aw... prepraredness, Dusty. You see, Elmer here gets me into so many stampeded, heck, I have to do something to fall back on, so I use Alibi.

Carol Thorp: [offering to cook some food] Are you hungry?

'Alibi' Terhune: No, that bullet must have took away my appetite!

Elmer, Alibi's Dummy: What's the matter, Alibi?

'Alibi' Terhune: Oh, Elmer, I'm worried! I can't make head or tails of this set-up!

Elmer, Alibi's Dummy: You wouldn't know one end from the other anyhow.

'Alibi' Terhune: Aw, listen, you oughtn't to talk like that. Haven't you no respect for age?

Elmer, Alibi's Dummy: Only when it comes in bottles.

'Alibi' Terhune: Has Dave said any more about enlistin'?

'Dusty' King: No, but I look for him to the first time he gets to town.

'Alibi' Terhune: Yeah, and I reckon you won't be far behind him.

'Dusty' King: You aren't a-kiddin'. You know how I felt ever since the Maine was sunk.

[while heading for their long-overdue vacation, the Range Busters pursue and capture a murderous outlaw]

'Alibi' Terhune: First it's bank robbers and now it's bushwhackers. Ain't we ever gonna finish our vacation?

[Elmer, Alibi's ventriloquist dummy, is reading minds]

Elmer, Alibi's dummy: Quiet! I got to concentrate here. You're thinkin' about somebody that's dead. Somebody named R... O... Roberts!

Henchman Chuck: So what? Reno Red and Roberts are all the same guy.

'Alibi' Terhune: Is that right? Do you know somebody named Roberts?

Rance Austin: I used to. Go ahead... Tell me what I'm thinkin' about.

Elmer, Alibi's dummy: I can't get it clear. No, I lost it... No, I get it. You're thinking about his money!

Rance Austin: That dummy's too smart!

Alibi Terhune: Did you hear something?

Dusty King: Not a thing.

Alibi Terhune: Well, I thought I did. Anyhow I don't like it Take a look down that street.

Crash Corrigan: What's the matter with it?

Alibi Terhune: It gives me the creeps. I ain't scared of anything that lives and breathes, but when it comes to a place like this, you can count me out. I don't aim to get my hair full of spooks

Alibi Terhune: How do you spell phantom, Elmer?

Elmer, Alibi's Dummy: Don't ask me. Uh, I'm as ignorant as I look.

Alibi Terhune: Nobody could be that ignorant.

Alibi Terhune: [to Alibi] You can't get away with this. We'll sling you up alomg with them.

Henchman Chuck: Brother, you hombres may be high strung, but to me you buzzards'll look better if you're strung high. Now line up in a mice straight line there.

'Alibi' Terhune: This is the sheriff, and he's tryin' to track down some bad men.

Elmer Sneezeweed - Alibi's Dummy: [sarcastically] Bet he couldm't track an elephant in three feet of snow.