The Getaway (1972)

Slim Pickens: Cowboy

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• [Doc has killed five men at a hotel near the Mexican border and carjacked a cowboy in his pickup] 

  Cowboy : Ya know, if I's you kids what I'd do? I'd quit this runnin' around the country. Ya know, git a little bit a money together 'n, hell, buy a place 'n settle down 'n raise a family. I've been married for 35 years, same old gal; man she's a tough ol' hide. God dang, everything I am, I owe ta her.

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Say a, pull over over here would ya.

  Cowboy : Okay, what ever you say.

  [Pulls over] 

  Cowboy : Now what?

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Let's get out a spell.

  [Cowboy and Doc get out of the truck. Doc and Carol exchange glances and smile at each other] 

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : How much money did you make last year?

  Cowboy : Aw, reckon about five thousand.

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Suppose I give you ten thousand for that truck of yours.

  Cowboy : You're serious?

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : I am.

  Cowboy : An'a I keep ma' mouth shut, an' I don't say nothin' 'bout the truck, 'n I never seen either one a the two of ya.

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : That's what I want.

  [Carol counts out some hundreds] 

  Cowboy : How 'bout twenty?

  [Doc smiles and laughs] 

  Carol Ainsley McCoy : How 'bout thirty?

  Cowboy : God damn, ma'am, you got a deal!

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Pay the man, honey.

  [Carol pays the cowboy] 

  Cowboy : Thank ya, ma'am.

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Now you're gonna have to walk on back to the border.

  Cowboy : Oh that's alright. Don't worry 'bout me.

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : Hope you find what you're lookin' for.

  [Shakes hands with the Cowboy] 

  Cowboy : Vaya con Dios. You too, maam.

  [Walks away] 

  Cowboy : Take care, ya hear? God damn!

  [laughing and walking] 

  Carter 'Doc' McCoy : [to Carol]  Come on.

  [Drives away in the most beat up truck I've ever seen] 

• Cowboy : Can I ask you a personal question?

  Carol Ainsley McCoy : Sure.

  Cowboy : Are you kids married?

  Carol Ainsley McCoy : Yeah.

  Cowboy : Hey, I'm glad. Damn, you know, that's the trouble with this God dang world: there ain't no morals.