Capt. Thomas Archer: Scott, tell me something.
2nd Lt. Scott: Sir?
Capt. Thomas Archer: What put the blood in your eyes?
2nd Lt. Scott: It's just a private matter, sir.
Capt. Thomas Archer: Nothing that affects an officer's conduct is private.


--Richard Widmark (as Capt. Thomas Archer) in Cheyenne Autumn

Captain Finlander: Trouble with that kid, he can't forget what a big hero he was. Star quarterback... voted Most All-Around, Most Likely, Most Popular... that one he's still bucking for. The only way to cut him down to size is to keep on him.
Commander Allison: Yeah, if he survives.
Captain Finlander: Well, I hammer too hard, you let me know.
Commander Allison: I'll try.
Captain Finlander: Yeah, it's a lot of work being a mean bastard.
Commander Allison: Hmm. Sometimes I can't help admiring how effortlessly you do it, captain. Almost as if it came naturally.


--Richard Widmark (as ) in The Bedford Incident

Clint Hollister: Well, did you say a few words over the boys?
Ortero: Yeah...good-bye.
Clint Hollister: Very touching.


--Richard Widmark (as ) in The Law and Jake Wade

Col. Tad Lawson: One thing about Americans, we're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new at it and not very good at it.


--Richard Widmark (as Col. Tad Lawson) in Judgment at Nuremberg

Col. Tom Rossiter: You used to have ten fingers. Now you have nine. Tomorrow, you'll have eight. You stay stubborn, the day after that then you'll have seven. The day after that... it's up to you. You decide whether you want to end up with a pair of stumps... or lend us your talent. You decide.


--Richard Widmark (as Col. Tom Rossiter) in Alvarez Kelly

Fiske: Takin' four men like us to a mountain of gold!
Hooker: She took what there was.
Fiske: Yeah, that's true. The barrel was empty. She scraped the bottom.


--Richard Widmark (as Fiske) in Garden of Evil

Jed Towers: Are you the girl in 809?
Nell Forbes: Why, yes. Who's this?
Jed Towers: I'm the guy in 821. Across the court. Can I ask you a question?
Nell Forbes: I don't know. I suppose so. Are you sure you want me?
Jed Towers: Yeah. You're the one I want, alright. Are you doing anything you couldn't be doing better with somebody else?
Nell Forbes: I guess I'll have to hang up!
Jed Towers: Why? You cant get hurt on the telephone.
Nell Forbes: Who are you?
Jed Towers: I told you. The man across the way. A lonely soul.
Nell Forbes: You sound peculiar.
Jed Towers: I'm not peculiar. I'm just frustrated. I got a bottle of rye. And as I waas saying, what are you doing?
Nell Forbes: What's your name?
Jed Towers: Billy.
Nell Forbes: Oh...
Jed Towers: What's the matter? Don't you like Billy?


--Richard Widmark (as Jed Towers) in Don't Bother to Knock

Jed Towers: Does that mean come on over?
Nell Forbes: Yes. If you like.
Jed Towers: Two minutes.


--Richard Widmark (as Jed Towers) in Don't Bother to Knock

Jed Towers: The female race is always cheesing up my life!


--Richard Widmark (as Jed Towers) in Don't Bother to Knock

Jim Bonniwell: What's on your mind?
Jim Slater: I've spent six months looking for a killer. What do you do when he turns out to be your father?
Jim Bonniwell: Killer? Aren't you a little careless with your words, son? Yes, I kill when I have to. But I've never killed a man who wasn't trying to kill me. And that goes for the Sheriff in spite of his badge.


--Richard Widmark (as ) in Backlash