Branded (1950)

Alan Ladd: Choya

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Quotes 

• Dad Travis : You got any friends?

  Choya : My guns.

  Dad Travis : Kinfolk?

  Choya : My horse.

• Choya : Posses I can dodge. Young ladies spitting insults I can't handle.

• Choya : All my life, I've been a snake. I've lived by my wits. I've gotten what I've wanted anyway I wanted it. Just lately I've been wondering just for once if I couldn't do something straight... do something a little decent.

• Rubriz : So what do they call you?

  Choya : Choya.

  Rubriz : Choya. It is a name I have heard. Not too often. Not with the biggest reputation. Small things with a gun.

  Choya : Big enough that the Rangers want to do a little hanging.

  Rubriz : Me they wish to hang a thousand times.

• [indicating Choya's guns] 

  Ruth Lavery : You don't need to wear them around here.

  Choya : I wouldn't feel dressed without them.

• Ruth Lavery : What's your name?

  Choya : Choya.

  Ruth Lavery : That's Spanish for cactus. Why do they call you that?

  Choya : Ever tried to pick one?