Major Dundee (1965)

Michael Anderson Jr.: Tim Ryan

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• Tim Ryan : [observing the body of Sierra Charriba]  He looks so small, now.

  Maj. Amos Dundee : He was big enough, son.

• Tim Ryan : [as he's being operated on]  DAMN IT TO BLOODY CONFEDERATE HELL!

  Capt. Benjamin Tyreen : WHAT?

  Tim Ryan : Sorry.

  Capt. Benjamin Tyreen : He's alright, Reverend. He'll live forever and have a hundred children. But if you find that you have a weakness for being shot in that vicinity, I suggest you wear an iron plate in your pants.

• Aesop : Hey Tim! That your first shave?

  Tim Ryan : Yeah.

  Aesop : Maybe soon we'll have to start callin' you Ryan!

  Tim Ryan : Yeah?

• Tim Ryan : [after O.W. Hadley's death; narrating]  We are once again a command divided against itself. And I fear that we will not be able to overcome this separation. Even some of our own men feel bitter towards the Major, but he alone bears the burden of command and I do not feel fit to judge him.

• 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 : The Major had asked for thieves, renegades and deserters - and that's what he got.

• Tim Ryan : Without Confederate volunteers, the Major was forced to accept cowboys, drifters, and drunks.

• Tim Ryan : How can we catch the wind or destroy an enemy we never see?

• Tim Ryan : Sitting alone is bad for the soul.

• Tim Ryan : We had forgotten the French, but the French had not forgotten us.

• Tim Ryan : We were ready, all who volunteered: civilians, criminals, Southerners, and Negroes.