Waterloo (I) (1970)
Terence Alexander: Uxbridge
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Quotes
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Lord Uxbridge : By God, Sir. I've lost my leg.
Duke of Wellington : By God, Sir. So you have.
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Lord Uxbridge : [clears throat] Sir.
Duke of Wellington : [removing his copy of The Times from over his face] Ah, Uxbridge.
Lord Uxbridge : As I am second-in-command and in case anything should happen to you, what are your plans?
Duke of Wellington : [brightly] To beat the French.
[goes back to sleep, replacing the newspaper over his head]
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Duke of Wellington : The whole line will advance.
Lord Uxbridge : In which direction your grace?
Duke of Wellington : Why, straight ahead to be sure.
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Sir William Ponsonby : My Father poor fellow, was killed by the French. Never should have happened
Lord Uxbridge : Really?
Sir William Ponsonby : Yes, his horse got caught in a bog and the brute just gave up. Seven damn lancers had him like a tiger in a pit. Bad luck, eh, Uxbridge?
Lord Uxbridge : Damn bad luck!
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Sir William Ponsonby : Before we go, Uxbridge...
[proffering snuff powder]
Lord Uxbridge : [snorts] Ah...
[sneezes]
Lord Uxbridge : Savage stuff, Ponsonby!
Sir William Ponsonby : You don't see its like any more. My father left us a hundredweight, down to the last ounce. An old Jew in Alexandria had the blend.
Lord Uxbridge : Blend?
[Ponsonby laughs]
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[as the British cavalry charge across the battlefield]
Lord Uxbridge : Sound the recall!
[a trumpeter blows the signal on his trumpet. The cavalry either ignore or can't hear it, continuing to charge towards the French cannon. The trumpeter keeps sounding]
Duke of Wellington : [irritably] Stop that useless noise!
[kinder]
Duke of Wellington : You'll hurt yourself.