The Quick and the Dead
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John Herod: I said, are you still fast?
Cort: Faster than you.

Kid: Is it possible? Is it possible to improve on _perfection_?

Kid: The gunfight is in the head, not the hands.

Ellen: Don't you even want to fight back?
Cort: Sure. I'd like to kill them all for what they've done. But I won't. Killing people is wrong.
Ellen: Some people deserve to die.

John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.

Cort: Last night, The Kid. Tonight, Herod. You're a busy woman. Any man in this town you're not interested in?
Ellen: Yeah. You.

Kid: Am I fast, or is Sweden just a very small place?

Ellen: Some people deserve to die.

John Herod: The rules say you have to accept every challenge. You got a problem with that, scuttle your butt out of town.

Scars: I need a woman.
Ellen: You need a bath.

John Herod: I was married to a beautiful woman. She was unfaithful.
Ellen: Where is she now?
John Herod: I told you, she was unfaithful.

Ace Hanlon: You wanna play poker with me, little lady?
Ellen: Looks like you're having a pretty good time playing with yourself.

Ellen: In case you forgot, Preacher, I saved your life last night.
Cort: No, I think you just stretched it out a bit. I might've even gone to heaven if you'd let me die.
Ellen: Sorry.

Cort: There's a click before the strike. Listen to the clock.

Kid: I'm worth $3,000 in four states. Seventy-five offenses and no convictions. My name's Fee but, uh... everyone calls me the Kid.
Ellen: Congratulations.

Kid: Want some breakfast? Or, uh, how 'bout a little of what we had last night?

Kid: No no no no, you see it's a gun fight. We both have guns. We aim, we fire, you die.

Kid: The Smith and Wesson Schofield .45. Just meat and potatoes. Me and Jesse James think it's the best handgun in the world. Had the trigger guard removed, it saves drawin' time. Don't ever wear it when you're drunk, or you'll kill your feet.

John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.

Cantrell: Sergeant Cantrell.
Shemp: How do you spell that?
Cantrell: Correctly.

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Continuity mistake: Just before Russell Crowe duels with Spotted Horse, there is a rope strung across the street with what appears to be lanterns attached to it. In the next shot of Russell Crowe, the rope is gone, but Spotted Horse later accidentally shoots it down. (01:12:50)

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Trivia

Trivia: This is the only Sam Raimi movie where his trademark Oldsmobile does not appear.

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Suggested correction: According to legend, the car was stripped down to its chassis then rebuilt as a stagecoach for the movie.

It was apparently "stripped down and covered with a wagon." https://movieweb.com/why-sam-raimi-puts-his-car-in-his-movies/.

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Questions

Question: Why did Ace lie about killing the Terence brothers?

Answer: He's a fraud and he's trying to impress people and create a reputation. Most of what he brags about is likely either made up or was actually done by someone else.

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