Dutch Engstrom Quotes in The Wild Bunch (1969)

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Dutch Engstrom Quotes:

  • Dutch Engstrom: They'll be waitin' for us.

    Pike Bishop: I wouldn't have it any other way.

  • Pike Bishop: I'd like to make one good score and back off...

    Dutch Engstrom: Back off to what?

  • Dutch Engstrom: Pike; "I wouldn't have it any other way", *either*!

  • Pike Bishop: What would you do in his place? He gave his word.

    Dutch Engstrom: He gave his word to a railroad.

    Pike Bishop: It's his word.

    Dutch Engstrom: That ain't what counts! It's who you give it *to*!

  • Dutch Engstrom: Give 'em hell Pike!

    [Pike goes down]

  • Tector Gorch: Silver rings.

    Dutch Engstrom: [upset] "Silver rings", your butt! Them's washers! Damn!

    Lyle Gorch: Washers. Washers. We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!

    Pike Bishop: They set it up.

    Lyle Gorch: "They"? Who in the hell is "they?"

    Sykes: [laughs hysterically] "They"? Why, they is the plain and fancy they, that's who "they" is! Caught you, didn't they? Tied a tin can to your tail. Led you in and waltzed you out again. Oh my, what a bunch! Big tough ones, hunh? Here you are with a handful of holes, a thumb up your ass, and a big grin to pass the time of day with. They? Who the hell is "they?"

    Pike Bishop: Railroad men... bounty hunters... Deke Thornton.

  • Angel: Would you give guns to someone to kill your father or your mother or your brother?

    Pike Bishop: Ten thousand cuts an awful lot of family ties.

    Angel: My people have no guns. But with guns, my people could fight! If I could take guns... I would go with you.

    Dutch Engstrom: Hey, uh, how many cases of rifles did Zamora say was in that shipment?

    Pike Bishop: Sixteen.

    Dutch Engstrom: Well, give him one.

    Pike Bishop: All right. One case... and one case of ammo; but you give up your share of the gold.

    Angel: I will.

    Pike Bishop: We know you will.

    Sykes: I'm sure glad we got that settled.

  • Pike Bishop: [talking about the railroad] There was a man named Harrigan. Used to have a way of doin' things. I made him change his ways. A hell of a lot of people, Dutch, just can't stand to be wrong.

    Dutch Engstrom: Pride.

    Pike Bishop: And they can't forget it... that pride... being wrong. Or learn by it

    Dutch Engstrom: How 'bout us, Pike? You reckon we learned - bein' wrong, today?

    Pike Bishop: I sure hope to God we did.

  • Dutch Engstrom: [impressed] Well, I'd say those fellas know how to handle themselves!

    Sykes: They been fightin' Apaches for a thousand years; That's a sure way to learn.

    Pike Bishop: They ever get armed, with good leaders, this whole country'll go up in smoke!

    Sykes: That it will son, that it will.

    Lyle Gorch: They made damn fools out of us, Mr. Bishop! Gettin' so a feller can't sleep with both eyes closed for fear of gettin' his throat cut. Where in hell were you?

    Tector Gorch: Now you listen to me, Lyle - You get up off your ass and help once in a while, I wouldn'a got caught near s'easy.

  • [the Bunch has just escaped from bounty hunters by blowing up a bridge]

    Dutch Engstrom: At least we won't have to worry about Deke Thornton.

    Pike Bishop: [laughs] Hell, no; not after ridin' a half a case of dynamite into the river!

    Sykes: [calmly] Well, don't expect him to stay there! He'll be along... and you know it!

  • Dutch Engstrom: What's our next move?

    Pike Bishop: Well, I figure Agua Verde's the closest... three days maybe. Then get the news and drift back to the border. Maybe a payroll, maybe a bank.

    Dutch Engstrom: Maybe that damn railroad.

    Tector Gorch: That damn railroad you're talkin' about, sure as hell ain't a-gettin' no easier.

    Sykes: And you boys ain't gettin' any younger either!

    [laughs]

    Pike Bishop: We've got to start thinking beyond our guns. Those days are closin' fast.

  • Lyle Gorch: All your fancy plannin' and talkin' damn near got us shot to pieces over a few lousy bags of washers. Well, this was goin' to be me and Tector's last job before we quit and headed south. We spent all our time and money a-gettin' ready for this!

    Pike Bishop: You spent all your time and money runnin' whores in Hondo while I spent my stake settin' it up.

    [throws down washer]

    Pike Bishop: Hell, I should have been runnin' whores instead of stealin' Army horses.

    Lyle Gorch: While you was doin' all that plannin', me and Tector was gettin' our bell rope pulled by two... two, mind you, Hondo whores!

    [starts laughing]

    Dutch Engstrom: [laughing] And Pike was dreamin' of washers... you were matching whores... in tandem!

    Lyle Gorch: What's that?

    Tector Gorch: That's one behind t'other.

    Lyle Gorch: That's right! That's what we was doin'!

  • Pike Bishop: With the way the Generalissimo's cleaned out this part of the country, he ought to have a lot

    [of silver]

    Pike Bishop: to spare.

    Dutch Engstrom: Eh, "Generalissimo", hell! He's just another bandit grabbin' all he can for himself.

    Pike Bishop: [amused] Like some others I could mention?

    [laughs]

    Dutch Engstrom: [serious] Not so's you'd know it, Mr. Bishop. We ain't nothin' like him! We don't HANG nobody! I hope, someday, these people here kick him, and the rest of that scum like him, right into their graves.

    Angel: We will. If it takes forever.

  • Dutch Engstrom: [Dutch and Angel are delivering the last load of rifles to Mapache] In the ravine south of here, you'll find the rest of the rifles in the wagon. You can have the wagon, we'll take the horses.

    Maj. Zamorra: How many cases of rifles did you take from the train?

    Dutch Engstrom: Sixteen cases of rifles. We lost one on the trail

    Gen. Mapache: [Chuckling and indicating Angel] He stole it. The mother of the girl he killed told me so.

    Dutch Engstrom: [Angel tries to escape but is caught and brought back before Mapache] Well, I'm wasting time here, adios.

    Gen. Mapache: Y Angel?

    Dutch Engstrom: [Looking around at the Mexican soldiers] He's a thief; you take care of him.

    Gen. Mapache: Bueno; adios gringo.

  • Pike Bishop: You boys want to move on or stay here and give him a... decent burial?

    Tector Gorch: He was a good man, and I think we oughta bury him.

    Pike Bishop: He's DEAD! And he's got a lot of good men back there to keep him company!

    Lyle Gorch: Too damn many!

    Dutch Engstrom: [removes his hat] I think the boys are right. I'd like to say a few words for the dear, dead departed. And maybe a few hymns'd be in order. Followed by a church supper. With a choir!

    Lyle Gorch: You crazy bastards! Both of ya!

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