The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Austin Rising: Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones")
Quotes
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Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [brings the shackled Cowboy before a judge sitting on a rocking chair on a porch, grabs his hat off his head and throws it on the ground] No hats in the presence of Judge Hobby!
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : What'd this sumbitch do?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : Sir, I...
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [interrupts] HOLD YOUR TONGUE!
[turns to the judge, acting sociably]
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : Sumbitch is a stock-rustler, Your Honor.
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : Alleged?
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : Yes, sir.
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : Sir, I never...
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [interrupts again] HOLD YOUR TONGUE!
[turns back to the judge]
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : He was caught driving rustled beeves.
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : Good enough. Hang him.