Arrow in the Dust (1954)

Sterling Hayden: Bart Laish

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Quotes 

• Maj. Andy Pepperis : Gambler, gunfighter and now deserter?

  Bart Laish : Yeah

  Maj. Andy Pepperis : It looks like you added coward to the list.

• [Bart assumes the identity of Major Pepperis] 

  Christella Burke : We're not moving?

  Bart Laish : Yes.

  Christella Burke : Tonight?

  Bart Laish : Tonight.

  Christella Burke : But we can't Major.

  Bart Laish : Why not?

  Christella Burke : The trip will be too hard on the wounded soldiers.

  Bart Laish : Miss Burke, back where I came from there happened to be dead soldiers.

• Bart Laish : It's clearly common knowledge out here that most Indians do not like to fight at night. An Indian killed at night, they believe, wanders forever in darkness.

• Bart Laish : But after your father died, why didn't you go back home?

  Christella Burke : Delaware is small. It's crowded with too many memories.