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From now on I see a red sash, I kill the man wearing it. So run you cur. And tell the other curs the law is coming. You tell 'em I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me you hear! Hell's coming with me!
— Tombstone · 1993
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the moment the film's reluctant ex-lawman turns into a force of vengeance: Wyatt stops being a retired man looking for a quiet life and becomes the thing the Cowboys feared. The threat is simple and ritual, 'run and tell the others', which makes it perfect for quoting. Fans repeat 'Hell's coming with me' whenever someone arrives to settle a score.
Context reviewed
In context
Spoilers for TombstoneShow the scene
After the Cowboys ambush the Earp family, Wyatt (Kurt Russell) boards a train with ambushers Ike Clanton and Frank Stilwell close behind. He has been quietly made a US Marshal. He sees his family off safely, then surprises the assassins and kills Stilwell. He lets Clanton live to carry a message and, as the speech goes, shows his badge and tells Ike that the Cowboys are finished: any red sash he sees, he kills the man wearing it. Ike is to run and tell the rest that the law is coming and Hell is coming with it. This begins the Earp Vendetta Ride.
Sources (2)
- Wikipedia: Tombstone (1993 film)Plot sectionReference checked
- Wikiquote: Tombstone (film)Wyatt Earp sectionReference checked
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