Frank Taggert Quotes in Devil's Canyon (1953)

Colonel Jorge Gomez: [as newly arrived prisoners Billy Reynolds, Virgil Gates and Frank Taggert enter their assigned prison cell] Ah, welcome, senores. Come in. Sit down, please. You will never regret choosing this cell, amigos. The company is delightful, the food superb.

Frank Taggert: I hope he don't turn out to be one of them *talkin'* Mexicans.

Colonel Jorge Gomez: Only when there is something interesting to say. And who has ever seen the day when this is not true?

Frank Taggert: I've seen so many of them days, I couldn't count 'em on one calendar.

Colonel Jorge Gomez: I am Jorge Jose Pedro Enrique de la Torres Garcia Gomez.

Frank Taggert: [looks a bit bewildered] We'll try to figure that out later...

Frank Taggert: Whatcha' in here for, Gomez?

Colonel Jorge Gomez: Just a little matter of property dispute.

Frank Taggert: What kind of property?

Colonel Jorge Gomez: Cattle. I bought a few from this man, and he claim I forget to pay him back.

Frank Taggert: Oh, a "cattle rustler"!

Colonel Jorge Gomez: Ah, no! I think of myself more as a speculator in livestock! Ha ha.

Frank Taggert: Maybe the judge didn't see it in the same light as you did?

Frank Taggert: I'd be lost in a crowd. It's the only way to get along in any prison. If they can remember your name, they'll always think to call it out if there's any dirty work, or any punishment to be give out. You know, I've lived through eight prisons - and about the same amount of wives - by just blendin' into the background when the noise gets loud.