Arrowhead (1953)

Charlton Heston: Ed Bannon

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Quotes 

• [Bannon admonishes an Indian woman for drinking whiskey] 

  Ed Bannon : It's against the law for an Indian to drink.

  Nita : I drink in Spanish.

• 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!

• 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.

• 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.

• [questioning Captain North's strategy] 

  Ed Bannon : You're as blind as the Colonel, if that's possible... and it's possible.

• Ed Bannon : Apaches don't like horses, Sergeant. They ride 'em until they drop, kill 'em and eat 'em and then steal some more.

• 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?

• 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.

• 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.

• Ed Bannon : The Apaches have a saying - think what you want to think. You have to live with your thoughts.

• 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.