2006-06-29 05:16:58 · 6 answers · asked by jas2world 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The Horse Soldiers
2006-07-01 07:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by BelleoftheBall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, after a little research....I can't find it either. IMDb was no help either. Well, sort of. They have several movies that have people saying that, just not Wayne. The phrase goes way back to a play written by an Irish playwright. He used it as a phrase for getting a drink. One difference is he used dog not horse. The phrase got popular in the prohibition era as a sort of secret code phrase for a bootleggers house, or a speakeasy. Around the 1940's it got back in favor by using horse, in westerns. The meaning had changed though, it was and is, a way to get out of a conversation for just about any reason, but most popular for the restroom. But I think, we all know that. Although it was used best and maybe first (?), in the movie "Down Argentine Way". At least it made a big hit nationwide. I swear that I heard the duke use that too. I just can't find it. Sorry. I got a sneaking feeling it was from "The Sons of Katie Elder". All of the people in that one had a bad attitude. Could be the right place for it.
2006-06-29 12:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by thegreatwakko 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but Brad Pitt said, "I have to see a man about a mule." in the movie Kalifornia. It's a euphemism for taking care of the kind of business done in an outhouse.
2006-06-30 22:48:28 · answer #3 · answered by Danger, Will Robinson! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't know, but that line makes me laugh every time I hear someone say it. Didn't know it was John Wayne.....
2006-06-29 12:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by Lois20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Grit?
2006-06-29 13:05:42 · answer #5 · answered by midnightdealer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that's where my husband got it from.
2006-06-29 12:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by whatdoiknow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋