Robert Mitchum: 27 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Movie quotes delivered by Robert Mitchum, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 Look, I may be a drunk, I may not be able to load my own gun, but I don't need you to tell me how to do my job.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

2 Joe, you're playing a lot of sour notes on that piano. -I know I am. -You don't look very happy. -I'm certainly not.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

3 Man, don't tell me how good I was. I just got away with it because I had a hangover.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

4 What's the idea of the gun? -Just till I find out which side you're on.

John Wayne as Cole Thornton; Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

5 Well, I've got a fine bed over at my place. It's narrow and it's hard and it's uncomfortable, but he won't get bounced around.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

6 My friends, my dear good friends. You dirty, lousy, rotten, sheep-herding... What did you do to me? What did you give me? I'm all crawling inside.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

7 One of us must have done some damage. There's some blood here.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

8 You listen, if you want anything more than bread and water until the U.S. marshal gets here, you be absolutely quiet.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

9 I was too mad to be scared and just too sick to worry about it. You know that. -I've been there.

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)

10 Was there something wrong with that, or is it just my hangover?

As Sheriff J.P. Harrah in El Dorado (1966)