Ben Stride Quotes in Seven Men from Now (1956)

Jed: You must've rode a long way.

Ben Stride: I walked.

Jed: Ain't you got no horse?

Ben Stride: Did have. Chirichua jumped me about ten mile back.

Jed: They stole 'em?

Ben Stride: They ate him.

Ben Stride: [about Greer] A man oughta be able to take care of his woman.

Cavalry Lt. Collins: We've been dispatched from Fort Crittenden to make a wide sweep south to contact any and all Chirichua in the area. Reports indicate they may be massing along the border.

Ben Stride: Can't be more than 50 of them left in the whole territory.

Cavalry Lt. Collins: Oh, according to our scouts there's well over 100.

Ben Stride: [Laconically] That include the squaws, Lieutenant?

Cavalry Lt. Collins: I take it you don't think the Indians are dangerous.

Ben Stride: They're worse than that. They're hungry. Nothing as deadly as a half-starved Chirichua,

Cavalry Lt. Collins: Well then, we agree.

Ben Stride: [Ambiguously] Do we?

Ben Stride: Well, I'll be seein' yuh. We gotta be movin'.

The Prospector: You oughta do the same, mister unless you hanker for a haircut from a Chirachua barber.

[laughs]

Ben Stride: What happened up there?

Bill Masters: Payte Bodeen... I killed him.

Ben Stride: Why?

Bill Masters: Why not?