My father got sick, and he had to come out west. So he took out a homestead.
7 seconds sound clip from the McLintock! (1963) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:06:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Junior says Purdue's a good college for a backwater place like Indiana.
- Oh, could you do this? I can't reach it.
- Why didn't you finish college?
- My father got sick, and he had to come out west. So he took out a homestead.
- You know, your mom's sure cute. It's, uh, too bad you didn't inherit her eyes.
- Well, you'd been lucky, if you'd inherited a few things from your father.
- His common sense, for instance.
[...]
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Actors: John Wayne (George Washington McLintock), Maureen O'Hara (Katherine McLintock), Chill Wills (Drago), Stefanie Powers (Becky McLintock), Yvonne De Carlo (Louise Warren)
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