Northwest Passage (1940)
Robert Young: Langdon Towne
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Quotes
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Maj. Robert Rogers : [referring to Langdon's abdominal wound] Are ypu hurt bad?
Langdon Towne : First thing I've had in my stomach in days.
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Langdon Towne : What did he have in the sack?
Maj. Robert Rogers : [pause] The head of an Abenaki indian.
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Lt. Crofton : [giving away his share of parched corn] If you fellows were smart, you wouldn't have to eat corn!
[scurries away laughing]
Langdon Towne : [limps into camp on a crutch] Food? Where's the food?
Hunk Marriner : Langdon!
[runs towards him]
Hunk Marriner : You're just in time for a little corn with the rest of us roosters!
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[last lines]
Elizabeth Browne : [standing alongside Langdon Towne as Major Robert Rogers and his rangers march into the distance] Is there, Langdon? Is there a Northwest Passage?
Langdon Towne : Who knows.
[pause]
Langdon Towne : It's every man's dream to find a short route to his heart's desire. If the major dreams long enough, he'll find it.
Elizabeth Browne : Will we hear from him?
Langdon Towne : Hear from him?
[pause]
Langdon Towne : Every time we look across the river we'll hear his voice calling us through the wind. He'll be within us, Elizabeth - wherever we are or he may be - for that man will never die.
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Cap Huff : [to Langton] If you're tryin' to drink yourself outta lovesickness, why don't you switch to rum? We've got some rum that'll burn the knots out of a pine plank.
Langdon Towne : [Drunkenly] Bring 'em me.
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Langdon Towne : [Slapping at mosquitoes as they walk through wetlands] Mosquitoes don't bite you, do they?
Hunk Marriner : Nope.
Langdon Towne : You put something on that keeps them off?
Hunk Marriner : Rancid bear grease. They hate the stink worse than I do.
Langdon Towne : [Smelling some of the bear grease that Hunk offers him] thanks. I'll take the mosquitoes.
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Maj. Robert Rogers : [notices Langdon is nervous prior to the attack on the Abenaki village] Cold?
Langdon Towne : I never shot a man before.
Maj. Robert Rogers : I know just how you feel, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I was paralysed all through my first fight. Like getting buck fever, I just stood there. But my old musket was s'well trained that it kept firing and reloading all by itself. Yes sir it killed six Indians I never pulled the trigger.
Langdon Towne : If I had that gun I'd be alright.
Maj. Robert Rogers : When things start popping maybe you'll find it.