- Bartender: You couldn't be looking for trouble, could you?
- John Haven: I could, but I'm not.
- Bartender: Well that's fine. Because this is one of the best places west of the Atlantic Ocean to find it.
- John Haven: That was my first impression.
- Bartender: That lieutenant's a nice young boy.
- John Haven: I don't doubt it. But his mouth is too big... like your ears.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': Did you ever tell a woman you loved her?
- John Haven: All of them!
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': How'd you get away?
- John Haven: Uhhh... .I was always in the doorway when I said it.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': Never said it to me.
- John Haven: Let's get over to the doorway!
- John Haven: [to barman] Whiskey... like you pour it for yourself.
- Girl: Don't you know it's no fun to drink alone?
- John Haven: Not until after the first one.
- John Haven: [gesturing at the piano player] Doesn't he ever stop playing?
- Bartender: Sam? It don't bother him, he's deaf.
- Second Lt. Stellman: You a stranger here?
- [Haven turns to him, then turns back to the bar and downs his whiskey]
- John Haven: [to bartender] What kind of whiskey was that?
- Bartender: On the bottle it says rye, but the way you take it I don't see what difference it makes.
- John Haven: I'll have another rye.
- Second Lt. Stellman: You didn't answer my question.
- John Haven: I'm a stranger everywhere.
- Second Lt. Stellman: You got a job?
- John Haven: Listen, soldier, I know that one too. 'Got a job, stranger? No? Why don't you join the army? Three meals a day, a place to sleep, nice warm uniform.'
- Second Lt. Stellman: It has a little more than that.
- John Haven: Yeah, it has one thing more. That I could never take. It's got second lieutenants.
- Second Lt. Stellman: You want to make this a personal matter? Alright.
- John Haven: I don't make it anything, soldier. You tried to sell me something, I didn't buy it. Why don't you beat it?
- Second Lt. Stellman: If I weren't in uniform I might teach you a few manners.
- John Haven: If you could teach me anything you wouldn't be in a uniform.
- [Haven walks up to the table where Charlie and Prince are seated]
- John Haven: [to Prince, whom he previously encountered at the dice table] You know, you look much better at this table.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': And you must like to pick fights.
- John Haven: Only with second lieutenants.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': We like second lieutenants here. You see, here everybody fights except the army.
- John Haven: I wouldn't know.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': So, anyone who doesn't like the army...
- John Haven: I know what you mean. But I'm afraid I'll have to come back. You see, I like the way you sing.
- [Haven goes back to the saloon. Charlie is singing, but stops when she sees him enter, and sits down at a nearby table. Haven approaches the table]
- John Haven: Every time I come in here you stop singing. Why is that?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': You don't have to come in.
- John Haven: Look, I didn't come back to start a fight or break the bank.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': Why did you come back?
- John Haven: [sitting down] If you'll invite me to sit down, I might find out.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': It might be better if you found another table... and another girl.
- John Haven: Oh no it wouldn't. I looked.
- [They both look over to Mick and Prince, who are standing a few paces away nervously exchanging glances]
- John Haven: [not yet aware that the woman he's talking to is Charlie] Would that be Charlie?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': No.
- John Haven: His eyes follow you around like a couple of flies.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': They follow me around to see that strangers don't annoy me.
- John Haven: Only strangers?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': No-one else would be so foolish.
- John Haven: [to waiter] Waiter, bring me a bottle of wine, will you?
- [to Charlie]
- John Haven: First you're beautiful, then I like the way you sing, and now you're a woman of mystery. I don't want to be a stranger, so I'll have to be foolish.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': You like to take chances, don't you?
- John Haven: If I feel lucky.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': I advise you to try the dice table.
- John Haven: I'd rather get lucky here.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': [shrugs] Every man has the right to his own funeral.
- [Charlie gets Prince's attention. He approaches the table]
- John Haven: [noting Prince's approach] I could be your cousin from Waxahachie. I could be cousin John, a missionary on his way to China.
- [Prince joins Haven and Charlie at the table]
- John Haven: So Charlie probably runs the town, huh?
- Prince: Why do you care?
- John Haven: I've gotta spend some time here, I'd just like to know who winds the clock.
- [Haven throws his chips onto the table in front of Prince. Mick notices this, and walks over]
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': [sarcastically] It's been a nice conversation. I'd hate to have it end.
- Mick: Who's this?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': Mick, this is cousin John.
- John Haven: From Waxahachie.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': Cousin John's a missionary on his way to China.
- Mick: What's keeping him?
- Prince: Think he's wondering if he couldn't do more good here.
- [Mick tries to remove the bottle of win, but Haven stops him]
- Mick: You ain't too friendly, are ya?
- John Haven: I like to pick my friends.
- Prince: You oughtta learn not to pick 'em so easy, like you do your cousins.
- John Haven: [gesturing at Charlie] Ask her.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': I never saw him before in my life.
- [Haven and Mick are still wrestling over the bottle. Haven suddenly throws a glass of wine in Mick's face, and punches him. Haven is then held by various bystanders. Mick wipes his face and squares up to Haven]
- Mick: You're too little to make that big a mistake.
- John Haven: You gonna correct me, or just bleed at the mouth?
- Mick: [to the men holding Haven] Bring him outside.
- [Mick and Haven are going outside to fight]
- Mark Bristow: What happened?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': He wanted to be my cousin.
- Prince: And she hasn't any aunts or uncles.
- John Haven: Every time I see you, you look different, but you always look beautiful. Why is that?
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': I always have someone to lie to me.
- John Haven: How 'bout a handout?
- Cook: [Hands Haven a plate] Help yourself.
- John Haven: Mm, looks pretty good.
- Cook: Oughta be. Used to cook for 600 men a day.
- John Haven: Where was that?
- Cook: Leavenworth.
- John Haven: One thing, Mark. You might get out of town.
- Mark Bristow: Oh, there's not a chance in a thousand.
- John Haven: There's one in a million, it's the only one you have.
- [hands Mark a shot of liquor, which Mark drinks]
- Mark Bristow: Yeah, I, I might get away with it. I could try it.
- John Haven: Well, if you do, go straight to your horse. Don't stop for anything.
- Mark Bristow: I, I have some important papers in my office.
- John Haven: You haven't got anything important left, except your life, and very little time to keep it.
- Mark Bristow: Yeah.
- John Haven: Get on that horse and ride him till he dies. And then run until you have to crawl, and you might be lucky.
- Mark Bristow: Yeah. Yeah.
- [gets up and leaves the room]
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': If you still have the gold, and I think you do, we might make it yet. You see, I believe every man has his price.
- John Haven: Some men don't believe that.
- Charlene - aka 'Charlie': But every woman knows it.
- John Haven: Only there wouldn't be any women on my jury.
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