She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Victor McLaglen: Top Sgt. Quincannon
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Quotes
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : [on their upcoming retirement] The army will never be the same when we retire, sir.
Captain Nathan Brittles : The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change, but the army knows no seasons.
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[Brittles knows Quincannon has been drinking on duty]
Captain Nathan Brittles : You've got a breath on you like a hot mince pie!
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Ah, Captain darlin', as you well know I took "the pledge" after Chapultepec.
Captain Nathan Brittles : And Bull Run, and Gettysburg, and Shiloh. And St. Patrick's Day. And the Fourth of July! Beats me where you hide the stuff.
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : Now men, I want youse all to pay attention to what I got to say. We'll have women going with us on this trip, so I want you to watch them words. Watch them words!
Trooper : Watch them grammar!
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Who said that?
[walks up and down ranks]
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Whose dog is this? Whose dog is this?
[pats dog on the head]
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Nice dog; Irish setter.
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[Quincannon is celebrating his upcoming retirement]
Sgt. Hochbauer : You're out of uniform, Quincannon.
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Oh, I am, am I? Well, I'm in the proper uniform... the uniform of a retired gentleman.
[enters the bar]
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Sgt. Hochbauer : [enters the bar with a crew to arrest Quincannon] You're under arrest, Quincannon.
Top Sergeant Quincannon : By whose orders?
Sgt. Hochbauer : By order of Capt. Brittles. Are you coming peaceably?
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Laddie, I've never gone any place peaceably in me life.
[puts down his drink and slugs Sgt. Hochbauer]
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : [about to cross a river] Can you swim, Dickie me boy?
Dickie, small boy : No.
Top Sergeant Quincannon : Well, I'm the best swimmer in the world. Once I swam the English Channel... with an anvil on me chest.
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : [speaking to Capt. Brittles about Lt. Cohill and Olivia Dandridge who have been bickering on the trail] They'll make a fine, boisterous couple when they're married, Captain!
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : I'll have a whiskey, Irish, and I'll pour it myself.
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Top Sergeant Quincannon : [to the boy Dickey...] It's time for me to take me medicine.
Top Sergeant Quincannon : [Drinks from his small whiskey flask, glances at the boy, then makes a pained face...] It tastes horrible!
