Torn Allegiance (1984)

Jonathon Morris: Lt. Harry Wyckham

Quotes 

• Lt. Harry Wyckham : [speaking down from horseback]  Is there a problem?

  Mev. Potgieter : You're not strong enough to catch our men,

  [smiles grimly] 

  Mev. Potgieter : so now you make war on us women.

  Lt. Harry Wyckham : I don't wish to hurt you.

  [re burning down the farmhouse:] 

  Lt. Harry Wyckham : What we have done, is done for your own safety.

  Mev. Potgieter : [despondent laugh]  Look! Look where your men have put us! If fighting should start, it is us women who will get hurt first!

  Sgt. Major Pattison : You should have told your men the war *is lost!* Fighting's useless, m'am. Sooner or later your men will starve, and then it will all be over.

  Mev. Potgieter : Do you think...?

  [breaks down, cries] 

  Mev. Potgieter : You can't destroy our passion for freedom!

• Lt. Harry Wyckham : [after near-rape incident at riverside]  I give you my word, Mum, that these men will be severely punished.

  Ma van Elst : Your word? Never again will I trust *the word* of an Englishman!