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The Horse Soldiers Quotes

The Horse Soldiers is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . The Horse Soldiers stopped airing in 1970.

It features John Lee Mahin (uncredited) as producer, David Buttolph in charge of musical score, and William H. Clothier as head of cinematography.

The Horse Soldiers is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Horse Soldiers is 120 minutes long. The Horse Soldiers is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: John Wayne as Col. John Marlowe, Constance Towers as Miss Hannah Hunter, Denver Pyle as Jackie Jo, William Leslie as Maj. Richard Gray, Althea Gibson as Lukey, Hoot Gibson as Sgt. Brown, and Ken Curtis as Cpl. Wilkie.

The Horse Soldiers Quotes

John Wayne as Col. John Marlowe

  • (John Wayne) "I don't blame you if you -- slap it away. Shake hands?"
  • (John Wayne) "So long, Croaker."
  • (Major Kendall) "Take care, Section Hand. And if you should run into another doctor --"
  • (John Wayne) "Yeah, I know -- tree moss."
  • (John Wayne) "Kirby, you tangle with me, I'll have your hide."
  • (Sgt. Maj. Kirby) "You're welcome to that too sir, if it's in the line of duty."
  • (John Wayne) "Where did you pick up that Reb colonel?"
  • (William Leslie) "In the telegraph office, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "The telegraph office?"
  • (John Wayne) "Alright, Secord, you know what to do."
  • (Major Kendall) "I don't understand a man like Miles giving up that easily."
  • (John Wayne) "Maybe losing that arm took some of the fight out of him."
  • (Major Kendall) "No -- the man I knew could lose both arms and still try to kick you to death."
  • (John Wayne) "I didn't want this. I tried to avoid a fight."
  • (Major Kendall) "That's why I took up medicine."
  • (John Wayne) "Come on, Mitch, I've got some whiskey in my locker --"
  • (Major Kendall) "He's staying here and those are my orders."
  • (John Wayne) "You've read the whole book, haven't you?"
  • (Major Kendall) "What are the rules gonna be, Colonel?"
  • (John Wayne) "Make up your own."
  • (Major Kendall) "You said no rules."
  • (John Wayne) "Kendall, what's Mitchell's name doing on the sick list?"
  • (Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins) "Please wait your turn; the doctor will be with you shortly."
  • (John Wayne) "What's this?"
  • (Major Kendall) "Hopkins, my assistant."
  • (John Wayne) "Is he going along?"
  • (Major Kendall) "He's a good man, I need him."
  • (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant) "Have you thought about how you're going to get back?"
  • (John Wayne) "Have you, sir?"
  • (Gen. Ulysses S. Grant) "Well, I guess I asked for that. I just hate to think of you spending the rest of the war in Andersonville; it's a hell-hole."
  • (John Wayne) "The Major seems to be out of uniform. Where are your sidearms, Kendall?"
  • (Major Kendall) "If you check the book, Colonel, you'll see that a Regimental Surgeon doesn't wear one."
  • (John Wayne) "First you cut out our artillery, then the wagons, and now you want to saddle us with a medical unit."
  • (Unnamed) "Roses are red, violets are blue, the camera is looking right at you -- oh, I simply must have another; that man in the white coat moved."
  • (John Wayne) "That's not all he's gonna be moving."
  • (Major Kendall) "That's a pretty primitive outlook; medically speaking, that is."
  • (John Wayne) "Well, doctor, war isn't exactly a civilized business."
  • (John Wayne) "How many men does it take to look after one lone female?"
  • (Union Soldier) "We was respectful, real respectful, Colonel."
  • (Soldier) "You told us it was all right as long as we could see the top of her head."
  • (Constance Towers) "You said that?"
  • (John Wayne) "Well, uh --"
  • (Constance Towers) "Then there's one more thing --"
  • (John Wayne) "Compliments of Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar."
  • (John Wayne) "If, if, maybe, perhaps -- what's the matter, Medicine Man --"
  • (Major Kendall) "Alright, section hand, I've had you. Strip your blouse."
  • (John Wayne) "I think you're right."
  • (John Wayne) "Orderly. Horses."

Constance Towers as Miss Hannah Hunter

  • (Constance Towers) "You're not going to burn the town down Major?"
  • (Hoot Gibson) "No ma'am just war supplies; cotton, railroad equipment, contraband ma'am."
  • (Althea Gibson) "Contraband? That's me, ain't it?"
  • (Constance Towers) "You're not going to burn the town down Major?"
  • (William Leslie) "No ma'am just war supplies; cotton, railroad equipment, contraband ma'am."
  • (Althea Gibson) "Contraband? That's me, ain't it?"
  • (Constance Towers) "They'll catch up to you and cut you to pieces, you nameless, fatherless scum. I just wish I could be there to see it."
  • (John Wayne) "If it happens, Miss Hunter, you will be."
  • (Constance Towers) "Do you prefer the leg -- or the breast?"
  • (John Wayne) "I've had quite enough of both, thank you."
  • (Constance Towers) "What are you going to do now Mister Col. Marlowe?"
  • (John Wayne) "With all due respect, m'am, I'm gonna get the hell outta here."

Ken Curtis as Cpl. Wilkie

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Denver Pyle as Jackie Jo

  • (Denver Pyle) "Hey there; we're Confederates, but we ain't hostile; honest."

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