Cowan Quotes in Catlow (1971)

Catlow: You still got that warrant?

Cowan: Two. One for jumping arrest. You stirred up some kind of a hornet's nest back there. And that Miller, he's packing a lot of heat.

Catlow: Think I can't handle him?

Cowan: Well, if somebody shoots you, let's keep it in the family. I'm gonna bring you in before he carries you in.

Catlow: There's a derringer looking at you says you don't.

[Catlow has a gun underneath the table pointing at Cowan's belly]

Cowan: Oh?

[looks down at the table]

Catlow: I'd hate to shoot that badge off you just to prove it.

Cowan: Yeah, well, that's not where I wear it.

Catlow: [laughs loud] You know it would bust my heart to have to kill you.

Cowan: Yeah, well...

Catlow: Hey, why don't you ride with us. I need someone I can count on.

Cowan: Oh , Jed.

Catlow: The gold is just lying there!

Cowan: Gold?

Catlow: Yeah!

Cowan: Jed, are you gonna tangle with law the rest of your life? You have brawled and drunk and catted your way through every state in the West! I have gotton you out of jail so many times! When are you gonna learn?

Catlow: Ben, it's maverick gold! It belongs to anyone who can round it up!

Cowan: It don't belong to you! You can't steal from a man just because you don't know his name!

Catlow: Oh, well, I never thought you would.

Cowan: [both take a drink] Um... You wouldn't be just shooting off your mouth about that gun under there?

Catlow: Make one wrong move, and that's not all I'll be shooting off.

Catlow: Ben, it's maverick gold. It belongs to anyone who can round it up.

Cowan: It don't belong to you. You can't steal from a man just because you don't know his name.

Cowan: Well, you see, all I own is a couple of guns and a tin star and, of course, a beautiful new horse and saddle.

Christina: Is that how you judge the worth of a man? By how much he owns?

Cowan: The level of incompetence displayed on the case, that's a magic trick in and of itself. Abracadabra, I'm takin' over...