Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
I have only three commands. When I signal you to come, you come. When I signal you to charge, you charge. And when I signal you to run - you follow me and run like *hell*!
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
I want everyone under my command to be drunker than a fiddler's bitch by nightfall.
James Coburn
(as Samuel Potts)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Lieutenant Brannin didn't trust Riago, right Ryan?
Tim Ryan: Yes, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: I'm afraid I go along with that, Sam.
Samuel Potts: Well, you go along with Lieutenant Brannin. But you'll have to go along without me.
Tim Ryan: Yes, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: I'm afraid I go along with that, Sam.
Samuel Potts: Well, you go along with Lieutenant Brannin. But you'll have to go along without me.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Lieutenant Graham?
Lt. Graham: Yes, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: I gave you a specific order, and you failed to carry it out.
Lt. Graham: No, sir, you gave me a command. I gave the orders from then on.
Maj. Amos Dundee: You sure did, Lieutenant. Have a cigar.
Lt. Graham: Yes, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: I gave you a specific order, and you failed to carry it out.
Lt. Graham: No, sir, you gave me a command. I gave the orders from then on.
Maj. Amos Dundee: You sure did, Lieutenant. Have a cigar.
James Coburn
(as Samuel Potts)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Mr. Potts.
Samuel Potts: Major?
Maj. Amos Dundee: I'm a long way from Gettysburg. Any suggestions?
Samuel Potts: Yeah. Let's, uh, go have a look... slow and easy.
Samuel Potts: Major?
Maj. Amos Dundee: I'm a long way from Gettysburg. Any suggestions?
Samuel Potts: Yeah. Let's, uh, go have a look... slow and easy.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Name?
Rev. Dahlstrom: Dahlstrom. Any man who has a just cause should travel with the word of God.
Maj. Amos Dundee: With all due respect, God has nothing to do with it. I intend to smite the wicked, not save the Heathen.
Rev. Dahlstrom: Seventeen years ago I married John and Mary Rostes. Those who destroyeth my flock, shall so be destroyed.
Maj. Amos Dundee: [smiles] Reverend.
Rev. Dahlstrom: Dahlstrom. Any man who has a just cause should travel with the word of God.
Maj. Amos Dundee: With all due respect, God has nothing to do with it. I intend to smite the wicked, not save the Heathen.
Rev. Dahlstrom: Seventeen years ago I married John and Mary Rostes. Those who destroyeth my flock, shall so be destroyed.
Maj. Amos Dundee: [smiles] Reverend.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Sam...
Samuel Potts: Yeah?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Don't get yourself killed... That would inconvenience me.
Samuel Potts: Yeah?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Don't get yourself killed... That would inconvenience me.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
This is the secret of my success; I drink!
[holds up whiskey bottle]
Maj. Amos Dundee: But, I don't drink enough.
[holds up whiskey bottle]
Maj. Amos Dundee: But, I don't drink enough.
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
What are you trying to say, Frank? Come on, speak up. Spit it out.
Capt. Frank Waller: I'm not trying to say the massacre was your fault. I am trying to say that you should recognize your transfer to this post was a disciplinary action, pure and simple... and if you try to fight your own war again - like you did at Gettysburg - they'll break you.
Capt. Frank Waller: I'm not trying to say the massacre was your fault. I am trying to say that you should recognize your transfer to this post was a disciplinary action, pure and simple... and if you try to fight your own war again - like you did at Gettysburg - they'll break you.
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
Why don't you get two of your best men to help Sergeant Gomez take those children back to Fort Benlin?
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: [chuckles slightly] We'll still outnumber you, Amos!
Maj. Amos Dundee: You surely will, Ben. Now go do as you're told.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Yes, sir.
[brief pause]
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: But only until the Apache is taken or destroyed.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: [chuckles slightly] We'll still outnumber you, Amos!
Maj. Amos Dundee: You surely will, Ben. Now go do as you're told.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Yes, sir.
[brief pause]
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: But only until the Apache is taken or destroyed.
