Tucson Smith Quotes in Three Texas Steers (1939)

Tucson Smith: Well, we're nearly home, boys.

Stony Brooke: The 3-M will look mighty good after that set-to in Santa Fe.

Lullaby Joslin: Don't forget, we've been away for three months. Most likely, we'll have to dig it out from under the dust.

Tucson Smith: That is, if the moths have left us anything to dig out.

Lullaby Joslin: C'mon, let's invite the ladies to scram.

Tucson Smith: Let me do it. I'll, you know, sort of break it to her gently.

Stony Brooke: Tactful Tucson, they call him - the big-hearted bouncer.

[intent on a showdown with Mike Abbott, the Mesquiteers discover that he's not in his hotel room]

Tucson Smith: Maybe we should go in and sort of tidy up the room.

Stony Brooke: Funny, that's just what I was thinkin'.

Tucson Smith: Be careful, guys. Don't over eat.

Lullaby Joslin: I had more trouble catchin' those sardines than I've had ropin' a calf.

Tucson Smith: I wish you had roped a calf!

Stony Brooke: We gotta figure out some way to help Nancy.

Lullaby Joslin: If I was Nancy, I'd be just a little bit tired of our help.

Stony Brooke: Well, we can't let her lose her ranch.

Tucson Smith: What about ours? If we can't pay our own mortgage, we won't have any place to sleep.

Lullaby Joslin: Oh, yes we will. We'll have a nice cozy cell to sleep in for the next twenty years, if Mr. Brooke keeps bein' helpful.

[last lines]

Tucson Smith: Well, that Nancy sure is a swell girl. I reckon we oughta take in her circus sometime.

Stony Brooke: Tucson, I think you've got something there.

[Lullaby bursts out of the ranch house pursued by Nancy's gorilla]

Lullaby Joslin: Nancy! Nancy! You forgot somethin'!

Stony Brooke: [during the gunfight] Tell the truth, Tucson. Is this better than ranching?

Tucson Smith: Not for my money!

Lullaby Joslin: Reckon the folks in Red River will kinda be surprised they're gettin' three investigators when they only asked for one?

Stony Brooke: They're only gettin' one - and his two assistants.

Tucson Smith: And you're the one?

Stony Brooke: Sure!

Tucson Smith: It's awfully nice of you to take us along for the ride.

Jane Mason: Won't you sit next to Mr. Joslin, Mr. Smith?

Tucson Smith: Thank you, but you can cut out the "Mister" business and just call me "Tucson."

Lullaby Joslin: Why not? All the rest of the gals do.

[Stony, one of the Mesquiteers, is pretending to be "Mr. Benson"]

Jane Mason: These are the Mesquiteers, Mr. Smith and Mr. Joslin. I'd like to present Mr. Benson.

Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith, Lullaby Joslin: Howdy.

Stony Brooke: Strange lookin' characters, aren't they? I heard there were three of them. The third must be the brains.

[the Mesquiteers have locked a henchman in a refrigerated truck]

Tucson Smith: Say, aren't you afraid he'll catch cold?

Lullaby Joslin: I'm afraid the cold's gonna catch him.

Hartley: I hope you're a good driver - this is a valuable load you're hauling.

Tucson Smith: Best in the land - all high-grade, government inspected citizens.

Tucson Smith: Say, Dave, didn't you use to have another young one - a little girl with freckles and a pug nose?

Nancy Carson: He certainly has and I've always said such nice things about you.

Lullaby Joslin: Gosh, Nancy, you sure growed up in a hurry!

Stony Brooke: And pretty!

[Julie Jane tugs on Stony's shirt]

Stony Brooke: What is it, honey?

Julie Jane Carson: I think you're pretty, too.

Stony Brooke: So that's His Honor the Mayor. Brings his own jury.

Tucson Smith: Swell chance we're going to have.

Stony Brooke: We'll stick around and see how far this thing will go.

Nancy Carson: Well, you've certainly made a hit with Billy and Julie.

Stony Brooke: I wish the rest of the family felt that way.

Nancy Carson: Give me a good reason why I should.

Stony Brooke: Oh, well, I'm kind to animals and help old ladies across the street.

Tucson Smith: That is, when there aren't any young ones to help.

Stony Brooke: The voice of experience.

Tucson Smith: You better hit the hay, Romeo. You and Dave got a long ride ahead of you tomorrow.

Nancy Carson: Where?

Stony Brooke: We're taking the petition to Governor White.

Nancy Carson: Oh.

Stony Brooke: How about you going in my place tomorrow?

Tucson Smith: [looking at Nancy] Oh, no. I'm going to stay here and watch the mine.

Stony Brooke: Well, be sure its the mine you look after.

Tucson Smith: Lullaby, what's holdin' you up? We gotta go!

Lullaby Joslin: It's not me, it's Elmer.

Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy: I don't want to ride in this roll. I'm no hot dog!

Lullaby Joslin: Shut up or I'll put mustard on your face.

Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy: I'll smother! I'll suffocate! In fact, I won't be able to breathe!

Stony Brooke: Can we depend on that?

Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy: Does Conchita's big He-man miss his little Tootsie-Wootsie?

Tucson Smith: [gazing into space with rapturous expression] A-ha...

Stony Brooke: [looking at the empty bank vault] Well, they sure cleaned you out, Mr. Thornton.

Lullaby Joslin: [talking positively about the hold-up] Sure used my head yesterday by not gittin' to the bank on time.

Tucson Smith: [critically] You always say the right thing at the wrong time.

[after Stoney and Rita sing a duet]

Tucson Smith: As I live and breathe, if it isn't one of them singin' cowboys!

Lullaby Joslin: That was grand singin'. I ain't heard the like since my grandpap Zubie was hung.

Lullaby Joslin: [as Stony goes off with gold-digging saloon girl Rita] Tucson, might be better idea to have a state law protectin' Stony instead of them wild horses.

Tucson Smith: He'll snap out of it. Don't worry.

Lullaby Joslin: With all the he-men around town, don't see what she sees in that young squirt anyhow.

Tucson Smith: [uncomfortable with Jimmy's rifle] You want to be careful, Jimmy. Guns weren't made for youngsters to play with.

Lullaby Joslin: [about Jeff Harris] Swell guy like that bein' rairoaded!

Tucson Smith: [to Lullaby] Stony

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Tucson Smith: , sometimes you say things that make sense.

Lullaby Joslin: Yeah, but not often.

Tucson Smith: [concerning the directive of the judge that one of the Mesquiteers be married in order to adopt] Well, which one of us do you want?

Ellen Reed: It really doesn't matter. I'll let you decide who'll make the terrible sacrifice. You'll lwt me know or woyld you rather surprise me at the altar?

[Owens mistakes the Three Mesquiteers for the villainous Cherokee Boys]

Stony Brooke: Let's get this straight. You want somebody killed and you're willing to pay a $1000 for the job?

Pop Owens: That's it, and I hired you killers to ensure against any bungling. The man must be killed expertly and painlessly and not later than tomorrow.

Tucson Smith: Who's the man?

Lullaby Joslin: Yeah, we gotta warn him.

Pop Owens: Warn him?

Tucson Smith: Uh, sure! We always give 'em a sportin' chance. We like to do things the hard way.

Pop Owens: This time I don't want the man warned.

Stony Brooke: Who is he?

Pop Owens: The man I want killed is... me.

[the Cherokee Boys try to ambush the Three Mesquiteers]

Tucson Smith: It's those guys hauntin' us again!

Lullaby Joslin: We'll show 'em what happens when the Cherokees meet their ghosts!

[The ex-Rangers see a sign reading "Monroe County Police - John Brooke, Captain Commanding" over their old office]

Tucson Smith: They moved in pretty fast, didn't they?

Stony Brooke: Looks like they're giving Johnny featured billing.