Major Dundee (1965)
Brock Peters: Aesop
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Quotes
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Aesop : [observing the French troops] My outfit could lick those boys - those ones on foot, anyway. With one hand tied behind our backs.
O.W. Hadley : How's that, Aesop?
Aesop : They're soft, O.W. - they ain't never been South.
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Capt. Benjamin Tyreen : Mr. Aesop, I am... we would like to complement you and your men on the way you handled the river crossing this afternoon.
Aesop : Thank you, sir.
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Aesop : Sir. I'd like to volunteer, sir. Me and my six coloreds.
Maj. Amos Dundee : I haven't asked for volunteers from the command.
Aesop : We're the ones doing the asking, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee : Why?
Aesop : To fight, sir. We've been standing guard and cleaning stables for nearly two years.
Maj. Amos Dundee : Tomorrow, you ask the officer of the day to see me - you and your six coloreds.
Aesop : [salutes Dundee] Thank you, sir.
