Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
Marcello Mastroianni: Le général George A. Custer
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Quotes
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The Anthropologist : [Watching the general comb his hair while eating potato chips] You have magnificent hair, General.
George A. Custer : Yes, it impresses the Indians.
[Holding up his comb]
George A. Custer : Now you understand why this is important.
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George A. Custer : [Talking about Buffalo Bill] That old fag was my scout for two years. He frequently took the wrong path.
[laughs]
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Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais : What I don't understand is the Indian's attitude. It's obvious that the Lord gave this land to white men so they could settle here, so why do they resist?
George A. Custer : Because they're savages. They're savages. I sometimes feel they're possessed by demons.
Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais : May God preserve us from that!
George A. Custer : God and the Seventh Cavalry!
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George A. Custer : Why did you abandon your houses?
Sitting Bull : Because you destroyed them. Sometimes there were still people inside them.
George A. Custer : You were ordered to go to the reservation.
Sitting Bull : My people are dying of hunger in the reservations.
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George A. Custer : Whoever dies for the country hasn't lived in vain. I, on the contrary, will live for the country because I'm not that stupid.
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George A. Custer : [as his command is being wiped out] Damned Indians! They don't know how to fight wars!