James Coburn credited as playing...
Whit
- Whit: When are we gonna do Brigade?
- Sam Boone: Soon.
- Whit: I been thinkin'. He ain't a man you can go straight at. Now, me and you, we're gonna hafta figure a plan. Some way to get him between us.
- Sam Boone: Can't kill a man like Brigade from behind.
- Whit: We could stand off! I don't hold to endin' a man with a long gun...
- Sam Boone: [Boone cuts him off] Don't worry, Whit. Time comes, I'll take care of it.
- Whit: Hope so. Hate to see you lose your place up Socorro way. Be mighty proud to work for you.
- Sam Boone: WORK for me?
- Whit: Well, I plowed when I was young... ain't much with chickens, but I can slop pigs with the best of 'em.
- Sam Boone: [Exasperated] Whit, how long you and me been ridin' together?
- Whit: [Unsure] 'Bout... two years?
- Sam Boone: More like five.
- Whit: So?
- Sam Boone: So you ain't gonna be workin' for me.
- [Whit shuffles his feet, unsure of how to respond]
- Sam Boone: You're gonna be a partner.
- Whit: [Disbelieving] Partner?
- Sam Boone: Right down the middle.
- Whit: Well... how come?
- Sam Boone: [Patiently] 'Cause I like you, Whit.
- Whit: Well, I never knew that!
- Sam Boone: [Out of patience] Now get up on that rise!
- Whit: Yes, SIR!
- Sam Boone: [Sees smoke signals] Look at it out there. War signs.
- Whit: Well, we got a treaty with the Mescaleros, ain't we?
- Sam Boone: Just words on paper, Whit.
- Whit: Yeah, we been getting along.
- Sam Boone: I knew a man once. Got along with his wife. One day she up'n head-shot him.
- Whit: Dead? But why?
- Sam Boone: Got mad. Mescalero, they're mad.
- Whit: But we ain't done nothing to 'em.
- Sam Boone: We're white. That's good enough.
- Sam Boone: Is Brigade still trying to get that animal up, is he?
- Whit: Yeah, he was at it all night.
- Sam Boone: Why don't he shoot him and just get it over with?
- Whit: He said he wanted to wait. He claims animals is like people. Feel the mornin' sun on them and makes'm forget all the hurt they got. Make's them want start over.
- Sam Boone: There are sure times he doesn't act like a man that makes his way killin'.