Unforgiven
1992
Bill Munny: I ain't like that no more. I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinkin' whiskey and all. Just 'cause we're goin' on this killing, that don't mean I'm gonna go back to bein' the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters. Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin' I could remember when I sobered up. Ned Logan: You were crazy, Will. Bill Munny: Yeah, no one liked me. Mountain boys all thought I was gonna shoot 'em out of pure meanness. Ned Logan: Well, like I said, you ain't like that no more. Bill Munny: That's right. I'm just a fella now. I ain't no different than anyone else no more.
Ned Logan: Hell, Will. We ain't bad men no more. Shit, we're farmers. Bill Munny: Should be easy killing them, supposing they don't go on down to Texas first. Ned Logan: How long has it been since you fired a gun at a man, Will? Nine, ten years? Bill Munny: Eleven. Ned Logan: Easy, huh? Hell, I don't know that it was all that easy even back then. And we was young and full of beans. I mean, if you was mad at 'em, Will, I mean. If they'd done you some wrong, I could see shooting 'em. Bill Munny: We done stuff for money before, Ned. Ned Logan: Yeah, we thought we did. All right, so what did these fellas do? Cheat at cards? Steal some strays? Spit on a rich fella? What? Bill Munny: No, they cut up a woman. Ned Logan: What? Bill Munny: Yeah, they cut up her face, cut her eyes out, cut her fingers off, cut her tits, everything but her cunty, I suppose. Ned Logan: I'll be dogg - Golly, I guess they got it comin'. 'Course, you know, Will, if Claudia was alive you wouldn't be doin' this.
Little Bill Daggett: Look son, being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool-headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire, like as not, he'll kill ya. It ain't so easy to shoot a man anyhow, especially if the son-of-a-bitch is shootin' back at you.
(Munny's intends to shoot Little Bill, but the gun doesn't go off) Little Bill: Misfire. Kill that son of a bitch.
Bill Munny: Who's the owner of this shithole? Skinny Dubois: I, I am. I bought the place from Greeley in '79 and (Will shoots him) Little Bill Daggett: You, sir, are a murdering son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man! Bill Munny: He should have armed himself if he was goin' to decorate his establishment with my friend. Little Bill Daggett: You'd be Will Munny out of Missouri; murderer and killer of innocent women and children. Bill Munny: I'm Will Munny and I've killed most everything that walks or crawls; and now I'm here to kill you Little Bill for what you done to Ned. Little Bill Daggett: (walking toward Will) All right boys, he's only got one barrel left. When he fires, shoot this son of a bitch down.
Little Bill Daggett: (Little Bill is telling Beauchamp the real story of English Bob's gunfight) Corky walked into the bar and Bob shot at him, only he missed 'cause he was so damn drunk he couldn't see straight. Old Corky went for his gun and got in such a hurry that he shot his own toe off. Bob shot at Corky again and hit this $1000 mirror over the bar. Now, Bob's as good as dead because this time Corky does it right. He takes careful aim and BAM!, the cylinder explodes in that Walker Colt he was carrying; a failing common to that model. It would have been better if Corky had two guns instead of a big dick, 'cause Bob walks over and shoots him. W.W. Beauchamp: You mean Bob shot him after his hand had been... Little Bill Daggett: Well, Bob damn sure wasn't goin' to wait on him to grow another one.
Delilah Fitzgerald: Are you still goin' to kill those men? Will Munny: I reckon so. The money's still available, ain't it? Delilah Fitzgerald: Yeah. Your two friends have been taking advances on the money. Will Munny: What? Delilah Fitzgerald: You know, free ones. (Will looks confused) Alice and Silky been givin' them free ones. Would you like a free one? Will Munny: I reckon not. Delilah Fitzgerald: (Misunderstanding Will) I didn't mean with me. Alice and Silky would be glad to give you one. Will Munny: I meant I didn't want a free one with Alice or Silky. Because of my wife back home. I reckon if I was to want a free one, it would be with you.
English Bob: (discussing the assassination of President Garfield) If you were to try to assassination a king, sir, the, how shall I say it, the aura of royalty would cause you to miss. But, the president (chuckles) , I mean, why not shoot the president?
(last lines) Bill Munny: You better bury Ned right! Better not go cuttin' up... nor otherwise harm no whores... or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons-o-bitches.
(about the house the Sheriff's building) Clyde: You know, he don't have a straight angle in that whole god-damned porch, or the whole house for that matter. He is the worst damn carpenter.
Skinny Dubois: You know how women lie.
Bill Munny: Wanna help me count this, kid? The Schofield Kid: I trust you. Bill Munny: Don't go trusting me too much.
Ned Logan: I sure do miss my bed. Bill Munny: You said that last night. Ned Logan: No last night I said I missed my wife, tonight I just miss my goddamn bed.
Davey: I'm dyin' boys. Jesus, I'm so thirsty. Bill Munny: Give him a drink of water, goddamn it. Will you give him a drink of water for Christ's sake? We ain't gonna shoot.
(Little Bill viciously kicks English Bob) Little Bill Daggett: I guess you think I'm kicking you, Bob. But it ain't so. What I'm doing is talking, you hear? I'm talking to all those villains down there in Kansas. I'm talking to all those villains in Missouri. And all those villains down there in Cheyenne. And what I'm saying is there ain't no whore's gold. And if there was, how they wouldn't want to come looking for it anyhow."
English Bob: A plague on you. A plague on the whole stinking lot of ya, without morals or laws. And all you whores got no laws. You got no honor. It's no wonder you all emigrated to America, because they wouldn't have you in England. You're a lot of savages, that's what you all are. A bunch of bloody savages. A plague on you. I'll be back.
Little Bill Daggett: It's been a long time, Bob. You run out of Chinamen? English Bob: Little Bill, well I thought you was, well I thought that you were dead. I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off. Little Bill Daggett: I was tasting the soup two hours after I ate it. English Bob: Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk of course, and that you broke your bloody neck. Little Bill Daggett: I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.
Little Bill Daggett: You just shot an unarmed man. Bill Munny: He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.
Bill Munny: Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess he had it comin'. Bill Munny: We all got it comin', kid.
The Schofield Kid: I ain't never killed no one before that, Will.
Bill Munny: Well you sure killed the hell outta that guy.
The Schofield Kid: That was the first one... first one I ever killed. You know how I said I shot five men? It weren't true. That Mexican that come at me with a knife, I just busted his leg with a shovel. I didn't kill him or nothing, neither.
The Schofield Kid: (referring to his gun) You go on, keep it. I'm never gonna use it again. I won't kill nobody no more. I ain't like you, Will... (indicating the money) Go on, keep it. All of it. It's yours. Bill Munny: What about your spectacles and fancy clothes? The Schofield Kid: I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead. Bill Munny: You don't have to worry, Kid. I ain't gonna kill you. You're the only friend I got. Here, take this money and give my half and Ned's half to my kids. Tell 'em if I ain't back in a week, they give half to Sally Two Trees. You keep the rest. You can get them spectacles now.
Little Bill Daggett: I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house. Bill Munny: Deserve's got nothin' to do with it. (aims gun) Little Bill Daggett: I'll see you in hell, William Munny. Bill Munny: Yeah. (fires)
Bill Munny: All right now, I'm comin' out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife. All his friends. Burn his damn house down.
Bill Munny: Any men don't wanna get killed better clear on out the back.
Strawberry Alice: Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let 'em brand us like horses. Maybe we ain't nothing but whores but we, by god, we ain't horses.
The Schofield Kid: Like I was saying, you don't look no meaner-than-hell, cold-blooded, damn killer. Bill Munny: Maybe I ain't. The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, Uncle Pete says you was the meanest goddamn son-of-a-bitch alive, and if I ever wanted a partner for a killin', you were the worst one. Meaning the best, on account as your's as cold as the snow and you don't have no weak nerve nor ear. Bill Munny: Pete said that, huh? The Schofield Kid: Yeah, yeah he did. I'm a damn killer myself, 'cept, uh, I ain't killed as many as you because of my youth.
Bill Munny: I seen 'em, Ned, I seen the angel of death, he's got snake eyes. Ned Logan: Who Will, who's got snake eyes? Bill Munny: It's the angel of death, oh Ned, I'm scared of dyin'. Ned Logan: Easy, partner, easy. Bill Munny: I see Claudia too. Ned Logan: That's good, Will, that's good you saw Claudia, ain't it? Bill Munny: Her face was all covered with worms, oh Ned I'm scared, I'm dyin'. Don't tell nobody, don't tell my kids, none of the things I done, hear me? Ned Logan: All right, Will.
Bill Munny: What I said the other day, you looking like me, that ain't true. You ain't ugly like me, it's just that we both have got scars.
(Sending English Bob on his way after beating and jailing him) Little Bill Daggett: I suppose you know, Bob, if I ever see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it was self-defense.
Bill Munny: I've killed women and children. I've killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to Ned.
Little Bill Daggett: Now Ned, them whores are going to tell different lies than you. And when their lies ain't the same as your lies... Well, I ain't gonna hurt no woman. But I'm gonna hurt you. And not gentle like before... but bad.
Little Bill Daggett: You been talking about that Queen of yours, again, Bob? (punches him) On Independence Day?
W.W. Beauchamp: Who'd you kill first? Was it Little Bill? When confronted by superior numbers, an experienced gunfighter will *always* fire on the best shot first. Bill Munny: Is that a fact? W.W. Beauchamp: (Nods) Bill Munny: I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folk.
Strawberry Alice: You just kicked the shit out of an innocent man. Little Bill Daggett: Innocent? Innocent of what?
Penny Munny: Did Pa used to kill folks?
(Beauchamp is beginning to get on Will's nerves after the gunfight) Beauchamp: Who was next? I bet it was Clyde or maybe Deputy Andy? Will Munny: (turning rifle toward Beauchamp) All I can tell ya is who'll be last. Beauchamp: Oh, ah... (quickly exits out front door)
Little Bill Daggett: Now all you gotta do is pull the trigger mister.
Little Bill Daggett: I'll have that thirty-two Bob.
(first title card) Title card: She was a comely young woman and not without prospects. Therefore it was heartbreaking to her mother that she would enter into marriage with William Munny, a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition. When she died, it was not at his hands as her mother might have suspected, but of smallpox. That was 1878.
(last title card) Title card: Some years later, Mrs Ansonia Feathers made the arduous journey to Hodgeman County to visit the last resting place of her only daughter. William Munny had long since disappeared with the children... some said to San Francisco where it was rumored he prospered in dry goods. And there was nothing on the marker to explain to Mrs Feathers why her only daughter had married a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition.
Little Bill Daggett: (talking to English Bob, and refering to a book) That you here, Bob, on the cover? "The Duck of Death?" W.W. Beauchamp: Duke. It's the Duke. "Duke of Death"
Little Bill Daggett: (correcting W.W Beauchamp) Eyewitnesses? W.W. Beauchamp: yes sir. Little Bill Daggett: Like the Duck himself, I guess. W.W. Beauchamp: The Duke Little Bill Daggett: Duck, I says