True Grit (1969)

Alfred Ryder: Goudy

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• Goudy : I believe you testified that you backed away from old man Wharton?

  Rooster Cogburn : Yes, sir.

  Goudy : Which direction were you going?

  Rooster Cogburn : Backward. I always go backward when I'm backin' away.

• Goudy : [cross-examining Rooster]  How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?

  Rooster Cogburn : I never shot nobody I didn't have to.

  Goudy : That was not the question. How many?

  Rooster Cogburn : Uh... shot or killed?

  Goudy : Oh, let's restrict it to "killed" so we may have a manageable figure.

• Goudy : Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand?

  Rooster Cogburn : I always try to be ready.

  Goudy : Was this revolver loaded and cocked?

  Rooster Cogburn : Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'.