Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Burt Lancaster: Wyatt Earp

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Quotes 

• Wyatt Earp : All gunfighters are lonely. They live in fear. They die without a dime, a woman or a friend.

• Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : Want a gun hand?

  Wyatt Earp : You? No, thanks.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : I do handle them pretty well. The only trouble is, those best able to testify to my aim aren't around for comment.

• Wyatt Earp : Hold up your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to uphold... oh, this is ridiculous. You're deputized. Grab some gear, I'll get the horses.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : Wait a minute, don't I get to wear a tin star?

  Wyatt Earp : Not on your life!

• Wyatt Earp : There's a stage for Abilene in the morning. I want you to be on it.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : Can't. The marshal of Abilene sent me here.

• Wyatt Earp : Look, Holliday, as long as I'm the law here, not one of those cowpokes is going to cross that deadline with a gun. I don't care if his name *is* Shanghai Pierce.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : Well spoken. I'll repeat those words at your funeral.

• Wyatt Earp : We'd like you to come to the wedding, Doc, - if it doesn't interfere with your poker.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : I'm not good at weddings - only funerals. Deal me out.

• Wyatt Earp : [to Billy Clanton]  You think you're pretty tough, don't ya, son? I never knew a gunslinger yet so tough he lived to celebrate his 35th birthday. I learned one rule about gunslingers. There's always a man faster on the draw than you are, and the more you use a gun, the sooner you're gonna run into that man.

• Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : [after shooting a few antagonists]  Anybody else want to try their luck?

  Wyatt Earp : [Herding the arrested cowboys to jail]  Get moving! - Keep moving, all of ya!

  Johnny Ringo : [Holding his wounded arm]  All right, Doc.

  [In a threatening tone] 

  Johnny Ringo : We ain't finished yet!

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : You would have been, but I felt in a charitable mood tonight.

• Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : I'm a gambler. Money's just a tool of my trade.

  Wyatt Earp : Of course, you will guarantee you won't lose.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : I never lose. You see, poker's played by desperate men who cherish money. I don't lose because I have nothing to lose, including my life.

• Cotton Wilson : There's $20,000 in it for you - cash!

  Wyatt Earp : $20,000! The wages of sin are rising!

  Cotton Wilson : $20,000 against a six foot hole in Boot Hill or a $20 a month pension - IF you live long enough to collect it.

• Wyatt Earp : You can stay and you can play on one condition: no knives, no guns and no killings.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : No knives, no guns, no killings.

  Wyatt Earp : That's it.

  Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday : You have my word as a gentleman.