Big Jake
1971
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: And now you understand. Anything goes wrong, anything at all... your fault, my fault, nobody's fault... it won't matter - I'm gonna blow your head off. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets killed I'm gonna blow your head off.
(to his son) Jake: You can call 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-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight.
John Fain: Who are you? Jake: Jacob McCandles. John Fain: I thought you were dead. Jake: Not hardly.
O'Brian: They tell me you killed two good men in a fair fight tonight. That true? James McCandles: No, three; countin' you.
Martha McCandles: They're very dangerous men. They've already killed ten people, many of them you know... Juan and his family... Jake: Tina and the little boy? Martha McCandles: And Moses Brown. Jake: Old Mose... lousy cook.
Pop Dawson: Say, you don't look too good. The sight of blood bother you? Jake: Only my own.
Jake: Throw a blanket over 'im (a horse) . James McCandles: I can ride without a blanket. Jake: I'm not worrying about your butt! It's his back!
(Big Jake and Sam Sharpnose try to get a hotel room) Jake: Give us a room. Hotel desk clerk: The dog is all right, but, ah, we do not allow Indians.
Jake: Well, if you can shoot that far, a quarter of a mile straight along the edge of my nose is a mountain buck. Shoot it. Michael McCandles: I don't kill to make a point, Father. Jake: Michael, there's two reason to kill - survival and meat. We need meat!
Jake: You're short on ears and long on mouth!
John Fain: A ranch sure is a deserted looking place during a round-up.
Jake: What do you do when cockroaches get in the woodwork, Michael? James McCandles: Smoke 'em out? Jake: That's right. Michael McCandles: Why not wait for them to make the first move? Jake: Because waiting is good for them and bad for us. You get impatient, nervy, careless and maybe dead.
John Fain: You come close, mister, but no cigar!
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)