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Favorite Line of Dialogue from NAVAJO JOE


My favorite line of dialogue from NAVAJO JOE is in the scene that occurs in the saloon in Esperanza where Navajo Joe(Burt Reynolds) offers his services to the townspepole to gat rid of Duncan and his men and he asks for the Sheriff's badge. The town sheriff tells Joe that's it's impossible since Joe's an Indian and not an"American" and who ever heard of an Indian Sheriff? Navajo Joe's reply is to ask the sheriff where does his parents come from and the sheriff replys that his family originally came from Scotland, Then Joe replys to the sheriff something to the effect that "My father was born in this country, so was my grandfather and my great grandfather. That makes them more American than your family" and after that Joe takes the badge from the sheriff. I find that dialogue very funny but poignant and truthful as well.

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That's a cool scene, but my favorite lines are spoken by Duncan the bandit chief, in the bank vault.

"Where's the money? WHERE IS THE MONEY???!!!"

Nothing profound or particularly interesting, I know; it just cracks me up. He really wants that money!

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Yeah like duh, childish anti-American bigotry is like sooooo awesome.

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right...the indians got screwed, but that pretty much happened in every country. can't go back in time and change the past.

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In the case of childish anti-German bigotry that many WW2 war films have I hardly hear a word of complaint from Americans, so yes: it's really sooooo awesome.

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Nothing, uniforms and accents don't quite fit the subject here.

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I agree, that was very good.

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