Never So Few (1959)

Brian Donlevy: Gen. Sloan

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• Gen. Sloan : [Capt. Reynolds thinks he's tricked the General]  I've got a couple of tricksters, real star-spangled hell-for-leather tricksters, right outside that door.

• Gen. Chao : Do you wish to speak further with me on this subject?

  Gen. Sloan : In the words of an old hymn, go to hell.

• Capt. Tom Reynolds : [Being called in front of his superiors on account of the incursion into China to retaliate for the Chinese warlord's attack on the American supply detachment]  I've just seen 34 American GI's with their heads blown off by Chinese troops.

  Capt. Tom Reynolds : [Grabs his duffel bag and theatrically dumps its contents on the table: dog tags, wallets and other personal effects of the slain American soldiers]  And I wanna' know why.

  Gen. Sloan : [Reacting to the pile of dog tags etc. on the table in front of him]  This is sickening.

  Col. Fred Parkson : Doesn't it strike you that your actions were, to say the least, unprecedented?

  Capt. Tom Reynolds : Doesn't it strike you that we're fighting a rather unprecedented kind of war? Isn't that right, general?

  Gen. Sloan : Well, it has its bad moments. But in the long run...

  Capt. Tom Reynolds : I don't give a damn about the long run if it adds up to this! You can't deny what's been going on or what'll continue to go on unless something's done about it! I know I'm right about this. And if you don't know it, I pity you.

• Gen. Sloan : Now, may I say that I owe you a debt of gratitude. Perhaps you're not aware of the fact that I got my Medal of Honor... for disobeying orders.

  Capt. Tom Reynolds : No, sir.

  Gen. Sloan : I'd forgotten how fine it feels to do what you think is right... regardless of the consequences.