Lee Marvin movie quotes

“- The Pilot, Capt. Hank Tucker RCAF: I'm Captain Hank Tucker, RCAF. I've come to bring the fugitive to justice. Where's headquarters?
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Wherever I'm standing.”
Scott Hylands - The Pilot
Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Sergeant Edgar Millen: What are you starin' at?
- Constable Alvin Adams: Are you Sergeant Edgar Millen?
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Unfortunately. That look on your face would turn good whiskey into sour piss.”
Lee Marvin - Millen
Andrew Stevens - Alvin

“We've been hunting a man who knows how to live off the land and use it to reign.”

Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Constable Alvin Adams: Millen, don't you ever have anything good to say?
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Whaddya want? A shout, a holler and a cigar for doing something right for a change?
- Constable Alvin Adams: No, I guess not. Your cigars taste like shit and you'd probably crack your face if you laughed out loud!”
Andrew Stevens - Alvin
Lee Marvin - Millen

“- The Sergeant: Killing insane people is not good for public relations.
- Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad: Killing sane people is okay?
- The Sergeant: That's right.”
Lee Marvin - The Sergeant
Mark Hamill - Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad

“- Maj. Reisman: Which one of you guys wants to be a general? Pinkley?
- Vernon Pinkley: What kind of general, sir?
- Maj. Reisman: Just a plain, ordinary, every day, home-lovin' American general.
- Vernon Pinkley: I'd rather be a civilian, sir.”
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman
Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley

“- Jackson Two-Bears: Look at your eyes!
- Shelleen: What's wrong with my eyes?
- Jackson Two-Bears: Well they're red, bloodshot.
- Sheleen: You ought to see them from my side.”
Tom Nardini - Jackson Two-Bears
Lee Marvin - Shelleen

“- Maj. Reisman: [briefing the dozen] And kill any officer in sight.
- Victor Franko: Ours or theirs?”
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman
John Cassavetes - Victor Franko

“Johnson, we have a bad situation out here. We have a bunch of savages out here, just aching to splatter you all over the place. They don't want your side tall. Now if you don't come with me, that's all the excuse they'll need. They'll either kill you or get themselves killed trying.”
Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Constable Alvin Adams: You can't let people get away with that - makin' up their own laws.
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: The only thing to remember is Millen's Law. You want to stay a Mountie, then all you have to do is keep headquarters happy, huh? 'Cause the only time they're unhappy is when there's an unaccounted for killing. So if you account...” (continue)(continue reading)
Andrew Stevens - Alvin
Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Maj. John Reisman: It'll be more fun than you've had in years.
- Arlen Dregors: Hand grenade and hookers? That ain't my style.
- Maj. John Reisman: But shooting an officer in the back of the head is?”

Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman
Ricco Ross - Arlen Dregors

“You've seen a general inspecting troops before, haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb, and look stupid!”
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman

“- Col. Nick Alexander: Did anyone ever tell you that you have beautiful legs?
- Bartender: Oh, Nick! You can't see them from here.
- Col. Nick Alexander: No, but I do have a good imagination. Actually I'm just trying to be nice.”
Lee Marvin - Col. Nick Alexander
Elki Jacobs - Bartender

“Let me give you a little advice, kid. Just throw those law books away, huh? It's better to turn your eyes and let them fight their damn dogs. Damn sight better than them killin' each other.”

Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Purer fact is that he's running to save his hide, and every man he killed, he killed to protect himself.
- Constable Alvin Adams: What about Hawkins or Sundog or any of them? What did any of them die for, Millen?
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Johnson didn't do anything I wouldn't do if I was in his boots. If I thought the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lee Marvin - Millen
Andrew Stevens - Alvin

“- Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad: I can't murder anybody.
- The Sergeant: We don't murder; we kill.
- Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad: It's the same thing.
- The Sergeant: The hell it is, Griff. You don't murder animals; you kill them.”
Mark Hamill - Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad
Lee Marvin - The Sergeant

“- Shelleen: Let's have a drink for old times' sake.
- Butch Cassidy: Old times' sake? That means you got no cash.”
Lee Marvin - Shelleen
Arthur Hunnicutt - Butch Cassidy

“- Otto Deutsch: I would like to die like an American soldier.
- Maj. John Reisman: You've got a good chance of doing just that.”
Stephen Hattersley - Otto Deutsch
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman