Major Dundee (1965)
Senta Berger: Teresa Santiago
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Quotes
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Maj. Amos Dundee : If I ever do get out of here, the war won't last forever.
Teresa Santiago : It will for you, Major.
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Teresa Santiago : [on Tyreen] He must be a...
[wets her lips]
Teresa Santiago : fanciful man.
Maj. Amos Dundee : He is corrupt. But I will save him.
[kiss]
Maj. Amos Dundee : Thank you for being kind.
Teresa Santiago : All I feel is kindness.
Maj. Amos Dundee : Next time I'll be more fanciful.
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Teresa Santiago : You came too late. We have nothing to give you. No food, no guns, no women. That is what you want, isn't it?
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Maj. Amos Dundee : We've come a long way. I need fresh horses and food. My men are hungry.
Teresa Santiago : They are no more hungry than this village. They are willing to share everything they have got with you, Major - most particularly their hunger.
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Teresa Santiago : I liked the way he asked me to dance. As if we were in a ballroom in Vienna. It was a lovely little charade.
Maj. Amos Dundee : The Lieutenant has style.
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Teresa Santiago : May I walk with you?
Maj. Amos Dundee : Not afraid of the tiger?
Teresa Santiago : Are you el tigre - the tiger that prowls these mountains? No, I'm not afraid, Major.
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Teresa Santiago : I could not bear to be with all those men, in the midst of all that hatred.
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Maj. Amos Dundee : Why are you with me?
Teresa Santiago : I've seen too much dying. And I wanted so desperately to feel alive - for both of us to feel alive.
[long kiss]
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Teresa Santiago : It troubles you a great deal, doesn't it, how the men feel about you?
Maj. Amos Dundee : I'm concerned with how they fight, not how they feel about me.
Teresa Santiago : But why is this so important, this fighting? There are other things.
Maj. Amos Dundee : Men can understand fighting. I guess maybe they need it sometimes. The truth is, it's easy. Forget about your problems, responsibilities - just let someone feed you, tell you what to do.
