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.
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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.
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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'.