Arrowhead (1953)
Charlton Heston: Ed Bannon
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Quotes
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Johnny Gunther : Toriano is more than my friend. We played together when we were young. Look at this.
[shows scar on wrist]
Johnny Gunther : We made ourselves blood brothers.
Ed Bannon : There's just one way an Apache can put an end to that relationship. He kills ya!
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Sandy MacKinnon : Which way are you going back to the post?
Colonel Weybright : The way every detail goes back.
Ed Bannon : Pick another way, Colonel.
Colonel Weybright : These Apaches were here for peace. Do you see any paint on their faces?
Ed Bannon : They don't have to have paint on their faces, but they can't fight without paint. They got to have it on them somewhere.
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Ed Bannon : Pick another way back to the post anyway, Colonel
Colonel Weybright : We're at peace.
Ed Bannon : It's a good way to stay alive while you're at peace.
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[questioning Captain North's strategy]
Ed Bannon : You're as blind as the Colonel, if that's possible... and it's possible.
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Ed Bannon : Apaches don't like horses, Sergeant. They ride 'em until they drop, kill 'em and eat 'em and then steal some more.
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Ed Bannon : Chattez, you were always the wise one. There is a new thinking in the beat of your drums... a new dance. I want to be told what they mean.
Chief Chattez : So that we may more easily killed?
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Sandy : I think they're swinging too wide for a circle, Ed. Maybe they're not using a pattern at all.
Ed Bannon : Apaches always use a pattern for their campaigns. I've seen 'em fight in a circle covering hundreds of miles or in an X as big as the whole territory. Even a zigzag pattern. We got to be sure which one they're using now.
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Captain Bill North : What is it?
Ed Bannon : Prophecy.
Captain Bill North : Prophecy?
Ed Bannon : They never talk it. It was always written - carved on a tree, painted on a rock. The Invisible One would appear and lead them to victory over the White Eyes. It would be one of their people. He'd come from the East.
Captain Bill North : That fits Toriano
Ed Bannon : That's why he went back East to school... so he could make it fit.
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Ed Bannon : The Apaches have a saying - think what you want to think. You have to live with your thoughts.
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Captain Bill North : Give me your attention. This command is going after Toriano. Now, on my responsibility, we'll take our orders from Mr. Bannon.
Ed Bannon : I'll make it short. There's only one way to beat the Apache - fight the way he fights... hit and run until he can't run anymore.