A Soldier's Story (1984)

Dennis Lipscomb: Captain Taylor

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  Captain Taylor : I guess I'll have to get used to Negroes with bars on their shoulders, Davenport. You know, being in charge.

  Captain Davenport : Oh, you'll get used to it, Captain. You bet your ass on that. You'll get used to it.

  Captain Taylor : Eyes - front!

• Captain Taylor : They're making a fool out of you. Can't you see? Will you take off those damn sunglasses?

  Captain Davenport : I like these. They're like MacArthur's.

• Private First Class Peterson : Sir, are there any suspects?

  Captain Taylor : None.

  Private Henson : Come on, now. Everybody knows it was the Klan.

  Captain Taylor : Were you an eyewitness, soldier?

  Private Henson : They lynched Jefferson the week I got here. Now, two weeks after that it was...

  Captain Taylor : Henson, unless you saw it, you keep your opinions to yourself.

• Captain Taylor : We don't want anybody from this fort going into Tynin looking for rednecks.

  Corporal Cobb : May I speak, sir?

  Captain Taylor : Cobb?

  Corporal Cobb : Colonel Nivens must know nobody colored killed the Sarge.

  Captain Taylor : Well, this is precautionary, Cobb. We can't have the Army engaged in revenge on civilians.

• Captain Taylor : Let me explain something to you. You go near Tynin in your uniform, sounding white, and charging local people, and you'll wind up just as dead as Waters.

• Captain Taylor : Memphis, about that catch you made in center field today: How in the hell did you get up that high?

  C.J. Memphis : They say I got bird in my blood, sir.

  Captain Taylor : I hope it's an American Eagle.