Dutch UncleJake Hollander, an aging gunfighter turned professional poker player, comes into a small New Mexico town to gamble but, through a series of unlikely circumstances, becomes its marshal and takes two Mexican orphans under his wing. |
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... talk in front of your sister ! " " -and my papa is with the devils in hell , " Paco finished . “ I didn't say nothing bad to Urraca . Anyway , she don't listen . She watches , ” he explained as an afterthought . " What's Urraca mean ...
... talk in front of your sister ! " " -and my papa is with the devils in hell , " Paco finished . “ I didn't say nothing bad to Urraca . Anyway , she don't listen . She watches , ” he explained as an afterthought . " What's Urraca mean ...
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... talk or Carrie's going to stomp the hell out of you . She thinks you learned all that stuff from me . " Paco was puzzled . " But I learned it all by myself . Good American . Don't I talk good American , Chake ? " Jake laughed and threw ...
... talk or Carrie's going to stomp the hell out of you . She thinks you learned all that stuff from me . " Paco was puzzled . " But I learned it all by myself . Good American . Don't I talk good American , Chake ? " Jake laughed and threw ...
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... talk to her . I was ashamed to tell her I was all right , that she was the only one damaged . And she couldn't talk to me about such a thing , naturally . We never have , to this day . Never . It was all just sealed up . " He got up and ...
... talk to her . I was ashamed to tell her I was all right , that she was the only one damaged . And she couldn't talk to me about such a thing , naturally . We never have , to this day . Never . It was all just sealed up . " He got up and ...
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