Lee Van Cleef credited as playing...
Ryan
- Ryan: If you're going to follow somebody, youngster, do a better job of it. This world is full of nervous characters. They'd shoot you in the back first, and then introduce themselves.
- Ryan: My gun.
- [Warden retrieves Ryan's gun]
- Ryan: Thank you... Now, the bullets.
- Prison Warden: The bullets?
- Ryan: Twenty seven. Fifteen years ago, you put 'em in one of those bottom drawers there.
- Prison Warden: Twenty seven. You have a good memory.
- Ryan: Well, sometimes its not difficult. I still had six in my gun and 21 in my belt. If they hadn't double- crossed me, the count had been a little bit different.
- Ryan: Two lessons, my son. First, watch behind you. Second, count your shots - four bullets for one man, that's a waste.
- Ryan: We both got an old account to settle with the same people. Only I want to take first crack at 'em.
- Bill: We could go on together.
- Ryan: No, son, you got too much hate in you. Sooner or later, that's gonna get you in trouble.
- Bill: Hate is hate. There's no two ways...
- Ryan: Somebody once wrote that revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold. As hot as you are, you're liable to end with indigestion. No, I'm going on alone.