Advance to the Rear (1964)

Melvyn Douglas: Colonel Brackenby

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• Heath : Well, I've been out on patrol, sir. And, as a matter of fact, we brought you back some prisoners.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Prisoners?

  Heath : Yes, sir.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Who told you to go out after prisoners?

  Heath : Well, nobody told me, sir.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Well... Well... Take 'em back!

  Heath : Take 'em back?

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : You heard me! Take 'em back!

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : Which one of us graduated from West Point? Just answer me that.

  Heath : You... uh... graduated from West Point, sir.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : You bet I did. And how many times have I warned you against showing any initiative?

  Heath : Oh, it must be up in the thousands, sir.

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : That isn't what we were sent here to do. Heath, make those women dismount.

  Heath : Sergeant.

  Sgt. Beauregard Davis : Dismount!

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : Now look, Heath. I don't want you to get the wrong idea about what happened last night.

  Heath : Wrong idea? Oh, you mean the nice old Captain Brackenbury and the naughty little girl business.

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : Ah, there you are, my dear. You're not going to play games with your nice old Captain Brackenbury are you? Because, nice old Captain Brackenbury knows how to deal with *naughty* little girls who play games with him. Come now, don't be afraid. Peek-a-boo! I see you.

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : As soon as we get there, Lieutenant, I want want you to detail a man to see that I get a nice, hot both.

• Heath : May I have permission to take Miss Williams riding, sir?

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Yes, yes, I suppose so. But, I must say, Heath, I *fail* to understand what a charming young lady like Miss Williams can find to talk about to you.

  Heath : Well, I'm teaching her what I know about close order drills, sir.

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : You know, Miss Williams, if it wasn't for that dear little woman that's been waiting for me back in Boston, I'd be *sorely* tempted to...

  Martha Lou : Just what would you do?

• Thin Elk : Brackenbury, you sly old dog.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Well, you know how it is when you've been out in the field for awhile, Charlie. Yeah, a little *peek* never hurt anyone, I always say.

  Thin Elk : Of course not. We wanted you to peek.

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : Just keep it up, Lieutenant. Just keep it up.

• Thin Elk : Why, if it isn't Claude Brackenbury. West Point. Class of, eh, 37.

  Col. Claude Brackenbury : Charlie. Charlie Thin Elk! Well, you old tepee trapper!

• Col. Claude Brackenbury : Lieutenant, what are the men doing in those bushes?

  Heath : Well, let's see now, what could a bunch of men be doing in the bushes?