Rawhide (TV Series)

The Captain's Wife (1962)

Barbara Stanwyck: Nora Holloway

Quotes 

• Gil Favor : Say, what happened here anyway? Where's the Bluecoats? The officer in charge?

  Nora Holloway : I'm in charge.

  Gil Favor : Since when does the Army leave a woman in charge of a fort with this kind of garrison?

  Nora Holloway : Never mind, this garrison can take care of itself.

  Gil Favor : Well, it does seem like you could use four more able-bodied men.

• Nora Holloway : Regulations? It's boldness that makes heroes.

• Nora Holloway : Mr Favor, who gave you command here?

  Gil Favor : And who gave you command here? Your husband's rank? Anybody else want you to argue the point?

• Tonkin : Your eyes are shining like they never shine for a man. Why? Is it because the thrill of having almost killed a man or is it the killing that's about to take place?

  Nora Holloway : Killing doesn't frighten me the way it does you. I am not a coward.

  Tonkin : What kind of woman are you, Nora?

  Nora Holloway : A woman who does things. I don't talk about them. I do them.

• Nora Holloway : Mr Favor, there is no need for us to remain at sword's point. I accept your leadership but perhaps you won't mind a suggestion from me.

  Gil Favor : What suggestion?

  Nora Holloway : Well, we might be able to help direct the troops to where the Commancheros are hiding. Now, if we were to send.

  Gil Favor : We have few enough to defend the place. We'll sit tight.

  Nora Holloway : Haven't you heard the best defence is attack. I think.

  Gil Favor : I don't care what you think, Mrs Holloway. Until an officer of the Army shows up, I'm in charge here and I say nobody leaves.

• Nora Holloway : I'm better than any of them! Stronger, smarter, more capable! I detest this world that makes women's lives dependent on you men with your weakness, your codes of honour! I'll get mine, that's my code of honour! And I'll get it any way I can!