Wild River (1960)

Jo Van Fleet: Ella Garth

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• Chuck Glover : [Referring to his drunkenness]  I apologize for the other night.

  Ella Garth : First and only time I ever liked you!

  [Slams the door in his face] 

• Ella Garth : Sam, I've decided I'm gonna buy Old Blue. How much you want for him?

  Sam Johnson : Oh, I don't wanna sell Old Blue, Miss Ella.

  Ella Garth : I didn't ask ya if you wanted to sell 'im, did I? I say I'm gonna buy him! I'm gonna give ya - oh, I'll give ya $15 for him. Whatsa matter? He ain't worth more'n that, is he?

  Sam Johnson : No, ma'am, he ain't worth nuthin' but I ain't gonna sell 'im.

  Ella Garth : Well ya gotta sell 'im, Sam, 'cause I'm gonna buy 'im. How'm I gonna buy 'im, lessin' you sell 'im?

  Sam Johnson : I don't know, but I ain't gonna sell 'im.

  Ella Garth : Sam Johnson, you're sellin' 'im and that's that!

  Sam Johnson : No ma'am, I ain't gonna sell 'im. Old Blue is mine, and I ain't gonna sell 'im even to you. You ain't got no right to make me.

  Ella Garth : Well now that's true, isn't it Sam? Come to think of it I don't have the right, now do I?

  Ella Garth : You see young man, Sam and me, we don't sell. Sam don't sell his dog and I don't sell my land, that I poured my heart's blood into!