George Russel Quotes in Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

Davy Crockett: I've been doing some thinking.

George Russel: Me, too. You know, we're pretty far down the river. Ain't it about time we decide where we're going?

[Crockett and Russel approach Fink as the Gullywhumper is secured to the boat landing]

Davy Crockett: Excuse me, mister? Which one of them fellers is captain of this boat?

Mike Fink: What did you say?

Moose: [laughing] He wants to know who the captain is!

[Fink smacks Moose]

Mike Fink: How long you bush-wackers been beating the backwoods? Why, everybody knows who the captain of the Gullywhumper is! It's me! Mike Fink, King of the River!

George Russel: Well, Captain, meet up with Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

Mike Fink: Davy Crockett, huh? Well, it sure is a small world. You're about a foot shorter than you oughta be.

George Russel: Don't worry, he's still a growin'.

Mike Fink: Yeah, like them yarns they keep spreadin' about him.

Davy Crockett: Mighty hard to live up to, sometime.

Mike Fink: Well, I don't have any trouble livin' up to mine. I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder 'n lightnin' country! I'm a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink...

Davy Crockett: Out-talk?

Mike Fink: Yeah, out-talk, out-cuss and out-fight anybody in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!

George Russel: [first lines]

George Russel: [slapping his own butt] Them Kentucky ants got a bite like an alligator.

Davy Crockett: Sure ain't particular what they chaw on.

[Russell feels something in his sleeping bag]

George Russel: [whispering] Hey, Davy? Hey, Davy!

Davy Crockett: Now what?

George Russel: There's somethin' in bed with me.

Davy Crockett: Kiss it goodnight and go to sleep.

[Russel lifts his blanket, revealing a skunk]

[Crockett and Russel approach Cobb on the boat landing]

George Russel: Howdy there.

Cap'n Cobb: Howdy.

George Russel: This your boat?

Cap'n Cobb: Yep. Bertha Mae, out of Marietta.

Davy Crockett: Sounds like a race horse.

Cap'n Cobb: Pretty hard to beat if she's handled right.

Davy Crockett: Which way you goin', upriver or down?

Cap'n Cobb: Ain't goin' no place right now.

George Russel: Barrel's marked for New Orleans.

Cap'n Cobb: That's right. But my crew up an' deserted me.

Davy Crockett: What'd they do that for?

Cap'n Cobb: Heard about the Injuns.

Davy Crockett: Didn't know there was any Injun trouble around here.

Cap'n Cobb: Oh, not here. Downriver somewhere. Other side of Shawnee Town. Them red devils is attackin' everything, flatboats loaded with settlers, even on keelboats. Got so bad, nobody'd sign on.

George Russel: Injuns don't seem to be scarin' off Mike Fink none.

Cap'n Cobb: Ah, him and them Pittsburgh pole pushers of his ain't human enough to be scared!

George Russel: Hey Davy, we're still leading. We might just win this race.

Davy Crockett: Now, Georgie, don't go skinnin' the bear before we shoot 'em.