Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
You surveyed this whole area with Grant in '47, didn't you?
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Yes, the tequila was excellent.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Yes, the tequila was excellent.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Maj. Amos Dundee:
You thieves, renegades, deserters, you gentlemen of the South. I want some volunteers. I want volunteers to fight the Apache Sierra Charriba. I need horse soldiers - men who can ride, men who can shoot. In return, I promise you nothing... saddle sores, short rations, maybe a bullet in your belly... and free air to breathe, fair share of tobacco, quarter pay... and my good will and best offices for pardons and paroles when I get back.
Jim Hutton
(as Lt. Graham)
Lt. Graham:
[to an artilleryman, just before the final battle] Simon? Get the fuse ready. We're about to engage the pride of Europe.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Lt. Graham:
You'd let Charriba escape?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Let's say I'm giving him... equal opportunity.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Let's say I'm giving him... equal opportunity.
Charlton Heston
(as Maj. Amos Charles Dundee)
Teresa Santiago:
[on Tyreen] He seems a very fanciful man.
Maj. Amos Dundee: He is corrupt. But I will save him.
Maj. Amos Dundee: He is corrupt. But I will save him.
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen:
[addressing his troops] We will serve under Major Dundee's command. And until that time, any disrespect you show the Major will be taken as a personal insult by *me*.
Jimmy Lee Benteen: Don't you worry none, Uncle Ben, when the time comes, we'll turpentine that cauky, chicken-pickin' Yankee...
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: [completely deadpan] I am *not* your uncle, you redneck peckerwood. And if you say one more word, you'll spend the rest of this campaign in *chains*.
Jimmy Lee Benteen: Don't you worry none, Uncle Ben, when the time comes, we'll turpentine that cauky, chicken-pickin' Yankee...
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: [completely deadpan] I am *not* your uncle, you redneck peckerwood. And if you say one more word, you'll spend the rest of this campaign in *chains*.
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen:
[as Graham's artillery fires during the rescue of Dundee] Aha! Lieutenant Graham will be a General before he's thirty!
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen:
[the command comes across a troop of French cavalry] Congratulations, Major. It seems like you've found yourself a real war after all.
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen:
[to Dundee] Now, I have orders to take you out of here in a way that befits your character - out the back door!
[punches Dundee]
[punches Dundee]
Richard Harris
(as Capt. Benjamin Tyreen)
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen:
[to Dundee] You are a $70, red-wool, pure-quill military genius, or the biggest damn fool in northern Mexico.
