Favorite Western Movie lines

[Chief]

It was mentioned in the other thread about Unforgiven that some of the best lines or quotes are from Western films.

Post your favorites.

Here are a few of my favorite exchanges:


From The Outlaw Josey Wales

Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither.


Bounty hunter: You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.



From Lonesome Dove

Gus McCrae: Only way to get better food around here is by shooting Bolivar. And another thing, Bol, I want you to quit whackin' that dinner bell for supper. You can hit it at noon if you want to, but lay off doin' it in the evenin'. See, a man with any sense at all can tell when it's sundown, without you whackin' that bell.
Bolivar: General Robert E. Lee freed the slaves. I can whack it if I want to.
Gus McCrae: It was Abe Lincoln that freed the slaves, Bol, not General Lee.
Pea Eye Parker: He didn't free Mexicans, anyway, Bol. It was Americans he freed.
Gus McCrae: You're in over your head, Pea. It was a bunch of Africans Abe Lincoln freed. No more American than Call here.
Woodrow Call: I'm American! By God!
Gus McCrae: You was born in Scotland, as I recall. You was still draggin' on the tit when they brought you over here.
Woodrow Call: I reckon I'm as American as anyone from Tennessee.


Woodrow Call: You ever get tired o' loafin' I reckon you can get a job waitin' on tables.
Gus McCrae: Oh, I had a job waitin' tables once. S' on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt, there, but I hadda give it up.
Newt: How come?
Gus McCrae: Well I was, too young and pretty and the ****** wouldn't let me alone.


Gus McCrae: I'll tell you what. You ride on up there, clear out the Indians, build a little cabin, get a nice fire goin' in the fireplace and me and Jake will gather a herd and then we'll come on up.
Woodrow Call: I'd like to see the herd that you and Jake could gather. Herd o' ******, maybe.


Jake Spoon: A muleskinner threw down on me in a saloon and I shot back at him with a buffalo gun and kilt a dentist. A plank wall won't stop no 50 caliber bullet.
Gus McCRae: But a dentist will. Well, nobody likes a dentist anyway.


Gus McCrae: Best chance the boy's got at a education is listenin' to me talk.
Woodrow Call: What kinda education is that?
Gus McCrae: You think he'll learn more shovelin' horse poop for you?
Woodrow Call: I shoveled my share of it, it ain't hurt me none.
Gus McCrae: Well, it's fine with me if that's how you wanna make your fortune.



From Tombstone

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he need?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein' born.


Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ...I don't.


Wyatt Earp: [Tyler reaches for his gun] Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...
Johnny Tyler: [pauses, scared] M-mister, I'm gettin' tired of your...
Wyatt Earp: [slaps Tyler across the face, unafraid] I'm gettin' tired of all your gas, now jerk that pistol and go to work!
Wyatt Earp: [slaps him harder, now completely steely-eyed] I said throw down, boy!


From The Sacketts

Tell Sackett: Don't try ridin' herd over this man, boy. Those wrinkles are war maps. He's fought injuns, grizzly, and seen a hundred struttin' peacocks like you get takin' down hard.

Tell Sackett: I'm goin' back up in those mountains.
Cap Rountree: Strike it rich?
Tell Sackett: Yep. You boys are welcome to go with me.
Tyrel Sackett: All of us?
Tell Sackett: I ain't greedy.
Tom Sunday: Well, that would make you different than a lot of other people.



From The Cowboys

Wil Andersen: I'm thirty years older than you are. I had my back broke once, and my hip twice. And on my worst day I could beat the hell out of you.

Wil Andersen: I'm proud of ya... All of ya. Every man wants his children to be better'n he was. You are.



From Dances With Wolves

Wind In His Hair: Dances With Wolves. I am Wind In His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Any of the rooster Cogburn movies.

 

[Hostile]

Oh yeah. Color me happy.

Johnny Ringo: [Ringo steps up to Doc] And you must be Doc Holliday.
Doc Holliday: That's the rumor.
Johnny Ringo: You retired too?
Doc Holliday: Not me. I'm in my prime.
Johnny Ringo: Yeah, you look it.
Doc Holliday: And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?
Kate: You don't even know him.
Doc Holliday: Yes, but there's just something about him. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I hate him.
Wyatt Earp: [to Ringo] He's drunk.
Doc Holliday: In vino veritas.
["In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind"]
Johnny Ringo: Age quod agis.
["Do what you do" meaning: "Do what you do best"]
Doc Holliday: Credat Judaeus apella, non ego.
["The Jew Apella may believe it, not I" meaning: "I don't believe drinking is what I do best."]
Johnny Ringo: [pats his gun] Eventus stultorum magister.
["Events are the teachers of fools" meaning: "Fools have to learn by experience"]
Doc Holliday: [gives a Cheshire cat smile] In pace requiescat.
["Rest in peace" meaning: "It's your funeral!"]
Tombstone Marshal Fred White: Come on boys. We don't want any trouble in here. Not in any language.
Doc Holliday: Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. Now I really hate him.


*****

Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.
Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.


*****

2nd Lt. Greenhill: Can't I stay? Please?
Reverend Clayton: Oh, all right. But you watch me, boy! I'm the hardcase you're up against out here, not them childish savages! And if you don't hear my first holler, you better read my mind 'cause I don't aim to raise no two hollers on any subject at hand!
2nd Lt. Greenhill: [salutes with his sabre and nearly decapatates the Reverend] Yes sir!
Reverend Clayton: Boy, watch that knife!
Mose Harper: [preparing for an Indian attack] That which we are about to receive, we thank thee, O Lord.


******

Homer: My name's Homer Williams Mr. Andersen, and I hope I ain't rode all the rough off of her.


******


Luke, Drover: Don't turn your back on me, mister!
Frank Culpepper: Don't let your mouth overload your hardware, cowboy.


******

[Rooster confronts the four outlaws across the field]
Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a *****.


*******


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/Gus McCrae: Is that all you boys can think about; gettin' to Ogallala and spendin' your money on ******?
Jasper Fant: That's all right for you, Gus; you got Lorena with you. What about the rest of us?
Gus McCrae: What's good for me might not be good for the weak minded.


********

Cable Hogue: I always thought you bankers stole for the rich. I didn't know you'd talk to shirttail trash like me.
Cushing: We don't steal.
Cable Hogue: Well, lend, borrow, invest and mortgage and repossess. What the hell else do you call it?


*******

Rev. Mr. LaSalle: I will read over the dead now. My Bible, please. Mister, uh...
Judge Roy Bean: Bean.
Rev. Mr. LaSalle: Bean?
Judge Roy Bean: Roy Bean. Judge Roy Bean. I am the law in this area.
Rev. Mr. LaSalle: What has qualified you as such?
Judge Roy Bean: I know the law. And I have spent my entire life in its flagrant disregard. But I had never killed a man before. Oh, I had shot at some... in self-defense or blind fright, but I never hit anyone. So God must have directed my bullets. Why, he even sent an angel to deliver this weapon
[gun]
Judge Roy Bean: .
Rev. Mr. LaSalle: Just how do you intend to dispense this law?
Judge Roy Bean: With this
[gun]
Judge Roy Bean: and a rope.
Rev. Mr. LaSalle: And will you rely again on the grace of God?
Judge Roy Bean: Well, I intend to
[gun]
Judge Roy Bean: practice and give Him some help. Get on with the reading.


******

[Harvey has challenged Butch to fight for control of the Hole-in-the-Wall gang]
Harvey Logan: Guns or knives?
Butch Cassidy: Neither?
Harvey Logan: Pick.
Butch Cassidy: I don't want to shoot with you Harvey.
Harvey Logan: [draws a big knife] Anything you say, Butch.
[Butch walks over to Sundance]
Butch Cassidy: [in a low voice] Maybe there's a way to make a profit in this. Bet on Logan.
Sundance Kid: I would, but who'd bet on you?
Harvey Logan: Sundance, when we're done, and he's dead, you're welcome to stay.
Butch Cassidy: [low voice, to Sundance] Listen, I don't mean to be a sore loser, but when it's done, if I'm dead, kill him.
Sundance Kid: [low voice to Butch] Love to.
[waves to Harvey and smiles]
Butch Cassidy: No, no, not yet. Not until me and Harvey get the rules straightened out.
Harvey Logan: Rules? In a knife fight? No rules.
[Butch immediately kicks Harvey in the groin]
Butch Cassidy: Well, if there aint' going to be any rules, let's get the fight started. Someone count. 1,2,3 go.
Sundance Kid: [quickly] 1,2,3, go.
[Butch knocks Harvey out]
Flat Nose Curry: I was rooting for you all along, Butch.
Butch Cassidy: Well, thank you, Flatnose. That's what sustained me in my time of trouble.

 

[Kangaroo]

It was mentioned in the other thread about Unforgiven that some of the best lines or quotes are from Western films.

Post your favorites.

Here are a few of my favorite exchanges:


From The Outlaw Josey Wales

Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither.


Bounty hunter: You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.



From Lonesome Dove

Gus McCrae: Only way to get better food around here is by shooting Bolivar. And another thing, Bol, I want you to quit whackin' that dinner bell for supper. You can hit it at noon if you want to, but lay off doin' it in the evenin'. See, a man with any sense at all can tell when it's sundown, without you whackin' that bell.
Bolivar: General Robert E. Lee freed the slaves. I can whack it if I want to.
Gus McCrae: It was Abe Lincoln that freed the slaves, Bol, not General Lee.
Pea Eye Parker: He didn't free Mexicans, anyway, Bol. It was Americans he freed.
Gus McCrae: You're in over your head, Pea. It was a bunch of Africans Abe Lincoln freed. No more American than Call here.
Woodrow Call: I'm American! By God!
Gus McCrae: You was born in Scotland, as I recall. You was still draggin' on the tit when they brought you over here.
Woodrow Call: I reckon I'm as American as anyone from Tennessee.


Woodrow Call: You ever get tired o' loafin' I reckon you can get a job waitin' on tables.
Gus McCrae: Oh, I had a job waitin' tables once. S' on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt, there, but I hadda give it up.
Newt: How come?
Gus McCrae: Well I was, too young and pretty and the ****** wouldn't let me alone.


Gus McCrae: I'll tell you what. You ride on up there, clear out the Indians, build a little cabin, get a nice fire goin' in the fireplace and me and Jake will gather a herd and then we'll come on up.
Woodrow Call: I'd like to see the herd that you and Jake could gather. Herd o' ******, maybe.


Jake Spoon: A muleskinner threw down on me in a saloon and I shot back at him with a buffalo gun and kilt a dentist. A plank wall won't stop no 50 caliber bullet.
Gus McCRae: But a dentist will. Well, nobody likes a dentist anyway.


Gus McCrae: Best chance the boy's got at a education is listenin' to me talk.
Woodrow Call: What kinda education is that?
Gus McCrae: You think he'll learn more shovelin' horse poop for you?
Woodrow Call: I shoveled my share of it, it ain't hurt me none.
Gus McCrae: Well, it's fine with me if that's how you wanna make your fortune.



From Tombstone

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he need?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein' born.


Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ...I don't.


Wyatt Earp: [Tyler reaches for his gun] Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...
Johnny Tyler: [pauses, scared] M-mister, I'm gettin' tired of your...
Wyatt Earp: [slaps Tyler across the face, unafraid] I'm gettin' tired of all your gas, now jerk that pistol and go to work!
Wyatt Earp: [slaps him harder, now completely steely-eyed] I said throw down, boy!


From The Sacketts

Tell Sackett: Don't try ridin' herd over this man, boy. Those wrinkles are war maps. He's fought injuns, grizzly, and seen a hundred struttin' peacocks like you get takin' down hard.

Tell Sackett: I'm goin' back up in those mountains.
Cap Rountree: Strike it rich?
Tell Sackett: Yep. You boys are welcome to go with me.
Tyrel Sackett: All of us?
Tell Sackett: I ain't greedy.
Tom Sunday: Well, that would make you different than a lot of other people.



From The Cowboys

Wil Andersen: I'm thirty years older than you are. I had my back broke once, and my hip twice. And on my worst day I could beat the hell out of you.

Wil Andersen: I'm proud of ya... All of ya. Every man wants his children to be better'n he was. You are.



From Dances With Wolves

Wind In His Hair: Dances With Wolves. I am Wind In His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?

Heres some gems for you True Grit



Mattie Ross: If I smelled as bad as you I wouldn't live near people.

*************************************************
Lucky Ned Pepper: "What is your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?"
Rooster: "I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned, or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience! Which will you have?"
Lucky Ned Pepper laughed. He said, "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!"
Rooster: "Fill your hands, you son of a *****!"

*********************************************
Rooster: Damn that Texican! When you need him, he's dead.



From Rooster Cogburn (2nd movie)

Eula: I look at you ... with your weathered face, and your big belly ... and your shining eye ... and I have to say that ... being with you was an adventure any woman would relish to the end of time!
**********************************************
Rooster: I’ll be damned … she got the last word AGAIN! Well ….

 

[peplaw06]

Wyatt Earp: [Tyler reaches for his gun] Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...
Johnny Tyler: [pauses, scared] M-mister, I'm gettin' tired of your...
Wyatt Earp: [slaps Tyler across the face, unafraid] I'm gettin' tired of all your gas, now jerk that pistol and go to work!
Wyatt Earp: [slaps him harder, now completely steely-eyed] I said throw down, boy!

Ohhhh, you left the best line out of this one.

After that last smack to the grill, Wyatt asks Johnny...

"You gonna do something, or just stand there and bleed?"

 

[L-O-Jete]

Man With No Name: You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig

 

[DallasCowpoke]

[Rooster confronts the four outlaws across the field]
Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a *****.

You can close the thread now!



BTW Hos, wanna wager there's less than zero ppl who know what a "dogfall" is?

 

[Chief]

[Rooster confronts the four outlaws across the field]
Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a *****.

Yep, that's a classic. Robert Duvall once said that he was glad he got to work with John Wayne, but it wasn't easy.

Another Duke classic ... this one from McLintock!

George Washington McLintock: I know. I'm gonna use good judgement. I haven't lost my temper in forty years, but pilgrim you caused a lot of trouble this morning, might have got somebody killed ... and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. The hell I won't.


And from The Shootist

John Bernard Books: I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

 

[Chief]

From Young Guns II



Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh: I've been to gold towns, silver towns, I've even been to turquoise towns. But I have never been to a bat (crap) town. Can't wait to see the women!

 

[Dallas]

John Wayne: The Cowboys (1972)



Stuttering Boy Wilson: Son-of-a-*****.
Wil Andersen: What did you say?
Stuttering Boy Wilson: You god-damned son-of-a-*****!
Wil Andersen: Say that again.
Stuttering Boy Wilson: You god-damned, mean, son-of-a-*****!
Wil Andersen: Say it faster.
Stuttering Boy Wilson: You god-damned, mean, dirty, son-of-a-*****!
Wil Andersen: I wouldn't make it a habit of calling me that, son.

 

[Kangaroo]

Some great ones from The Long Riders

This is my favorite from that movie

Engineer: [during a train robbery] Who the hell do you think you are, Jesse James?
Bob Younger: Hell, no! I'm Bob Younger. Jesse James rides with the Youngers. Now, stop the damn train!

***************************************************
Frank James: Mr. Rixley?
Jacob Rixley: That's right.
Frank James: My name is Frank James. I came here to turn myself in. Here's my gun. I want something in return. I want to be able to bury my brother.
Jacob Rixley: Suppose I don't agree to your terms?
Frank James: I'll kill you.

***************************************************

Cole Younger: What does the winner get?
Belle Starr: Nothin' both of you ain't already had.
Cole Younger: Don't hardly seem worth it.
Belle Starr: It ain't. You're both crazy, but you do keep me amused. I am having a *real* good time.
*******************************************************

Cole Younger: First getting shot, then getting married - bad habits.

 

[Rack]

From Unforgiven:

Will Munny: Who's the fella owns this ****hole?

WIll Munny: (To Fatty) You, fat man, speak up.

Skinny Dubois: Uh, I own this establishment. I bought the place from Greeley for a...thousand dollars.

Will Munny: (To the men behind Skinny) You better clear out of there

Man: Yes sir

Little Bill Daggett: (As Munny takes aim) Just hold it right there...HOLD IT!
[Munny shoots him]

Little Bill Daggett: You, sir, are a cowardly son of a *****! You just shot an unarmed man.

Will Munny: Well he should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

 

[Hostile]

Crazy Cora: You know, if we're lost, you can tell me.
Matthew Quigley: We're lost.
Crazy Cora: I can take bad news. Just tell me straight.
Matthew Quigley: I don't know where the hell we are.
Crazy Cora: No sense takin' time to make it sound better than it is.
Matthew Quigley: I reckon we're goin' in circles.
Crazy Cora: Wire things up and I'll see right through. So, just tell me honestly. Are we lost?
Matthew Quigley: Nope. I know exactly where we are.
Crazy Cora: That's good, 'cause, frankly, I was gettin' a little worried.


******

James McCandles: I am moved by your faith in someone you haven't seen since he was sixteen years old, Daddy!
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: Daddy?
James McCandles: Daddy.
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: Well, son; since you don't have any respect for your elders, it's time somebody taught you some respect for your betters!
[grabs James and throws him into a mud puddle]
James McCandles: Why, if you weren't my father...
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: Go ahead. I give you leave.
[James swings and misses, Jake hits him and knocks him back into the puddle]
[to his son]
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: You can call me Dad, you can call me Father, you can call me Jacob and you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty old son-of-a-*****, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight.


*****

[Bart and Jim are wearing KKK outfits to infiltrate the enemy's lynch mob]
Jim: [spotting Bart's black hands] How many times have I told you to wash your hands after a weekly cross burning?
[pretends to rub and flips it to its lighter palm]
Jim: See, it's comin' off.
[Taggart whips off Bart's hood]
Bart: And now, for my next impression, Jesse Owens.


*****

Theodore Ogelvie: You know something, Amos?
Amos Tucker: Huh?
Theodore Ogelvie: We got to make a decision.
Amos Tucker: What?
Theodore Oglivie: Does the Hash Knife Outfit throw in its hand? Or do we go out in a blaze of glory?
Amos Tucker: Right! Uh, just what do you mean... blaze of glory?
Theodore Oglivie: Fighting till the last man's killed! What's it going to be, pard?
Amos Tucker: You know that jail in Santa Fe wasn't all that bad.


******

Joe Danby: I hear you're gonna try and arrest me. You know you don't look near as tough as some of them other sheriffs we've had lately. Particularly that old boy that done run off about an hour and a half after he took the job.
Jason McCullough: Joe, you just make me feel tired all over when you talk like that.
Joe Danby: Now, what do you mean by that?
Jason McCullough: It's bad enough to have to kill a man without having to listen to a whole lot of stupid talk from him first.

 

[Kangaroo]

Hang Em High

Jed Cooper: You don't remember me, do you?
Reno, Cooper Hanging Party: No.
Jed Cooper: [showing his hanging scar] When you hang a man, you better look at him.

**************************************************
Judge Adam Fenton: [hands Cooper a cup of coffee] Here, if that hangin' rope didn't kill ya, maybe my coffee will.

***************************************************
Schmidt, the Hangman: You haff last request?
Prisoner: Sure would like me a chaw of tobacco. Whats the matter, hangman; afraid I'll choke to death and you'll lose your hangin' fee?
[Schmidt gives him a chew]
Prisoner: Umm! Put it in my pocket
[Schmidt complies and starts to put the hood over the prisoner's head]

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly


Tuco: " Blondie "

Tuco: " You know what you are "

Tuco: "A Son of a __________"

 

[Hostile]

You can close the thread now!



BTW Hos, wanna wager there's less than zero ppl who know what a "dogfall" is?

I'll be honest with you, I have known what that means either. I remember looking it up one time several years ago and never did find a satisfactory answer. I seem to remember it has something to do with blood lust.

As in, "do you really think one on four is going to satisfy your blood lust?"

I have no idea if that is correct or not or what the origin really is if it is not correct.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

Yep, that's a classic. Robert Duvall once said that he was glad he got to work with John Wayne, but it wasn't easy.

Another Duke classic ... this one from McLintock!

George Washington McLintock: I know. I'm gonna use good judgement. I haven't lost my temper in forty years, but pilgrim you caused a lot of trouble this morning, might have got somebody killed ... and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. The hell I won't.


And from The Shootist

John Bernard Books: I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

I hear this line miss quoted all of the time.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

I'll be honest with you, I have known what that means either. I remember looking it up one time several years ago and never did find a satisfactory answer. I seem to remember it has something to do with blood lust.

As in, "do you really think one on four is going to satisfy your blood lust?"

I have no idea if that is correct or not or what the origin really is if it is not correct.

It basically means "even", as in "Do you think that's an even match, 4 on 1?".

It's attributed or most often used in bulldogging events but I've heard it used in wrestling as well. And I don't mean the WWF kind!

As in when wrestlers hit the mat in an indiscernible tie. It's referred to as a "dogfall", and replayed w/ no points awarded.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Silverado

 

[CowboyPrincess]

My favorite are any and all from Lonesome Dove.

Especially the scene at the camp after Laurie was raped and Gus was trying to bring her out of it.

And all his "Poke" references... LOL