Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Kirk Douglas: Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus

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• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Why do you let women to go on these convoys?

  Asher Gonen : Magda volunteered.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : She's been through enough. She just lost her husband, she's in a terrible st...

  Asher Gonen : Look, we need everyone. Especially since the British search us for weapons. Being British, they're also too polite most of the time to search a woman thoroughly.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : You're lucky you're not occupied by the French.

• Magda Simon : From now on, I'm your sister.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Hmm, that's nice. What's the attitude on incest in this country?

  Magda Simon : Very biblical. Especially since I'm also married. My husband is an officer in the Palmach... But you can try if you wish.

• Magda Simon : Remember, if we are stopped by a British patrol, we are off for a weekend in the country.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : And you are my sister.

  Magda Simon : Do you have good sex with your wife?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : What goes on in that pretty head of yours?

  Magda Simon : Andre's not very good in bed.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Well, just close your eyes and tell the doctor everything.

• Gen. Mike Randolph : Did you find anything to drink around here?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : [extends his canteen to the General] 

  Gen. Mike Randolph : I don't mean water.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : I don't mean water.

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Would you give up everything you love to fight an insane war for a little country that's gonna get its brains blown out in a couple of weeks?

  Maj. Safir : If it were my country.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Maybe it's yours, but... it isn't mine.

  Maj. Safir : But you are a Jew.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : I'm an American, Major. That's my religion. The last time I was in Temple I was 13 years old. I made a speech and got 42 fountain pens. I don't have to go again. I've got enough fountain pens.

  Maj. Safir : Colonel, I'm asking you, as an American. What do you say in your schools when you salute your flag? "Liberty and justice for all"? Is it only for all of you?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Don't give me history lessons!

  Maj. Safir : Six million of our people have recently been murdered. Would you like us to try for seven?

• Emma Marcus : Did you ever notice we don't have any children?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Only me.

• Emma Marcus : I was the only girl in Brooklyn who didn't get pregnant during the war.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Hm?

  Emma Marcus : My mother kept the statistics.

• Maj. Safir : Colonel Marcus?

  Bert Harrison : Merry Christmas.

  Maj. Safir : My name is Safir, and my business is private.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Bert Harrison, my law partner. Mr. Safir, who conducts his private business in Macy's window.

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Suppose I go as a private citizen?

  Aide to Gen. Randolph : Then don't involve the Army in any way. Don't use your rank or even your right name.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Is it all right with you if I keep the same sex?

• Magda Simon : Michael! Michael! Oh, Mike... It's so good to see you after so long... I'm sorry. I'm very late. How are you?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : How do I look?

  Magda Simon : Tired, like you've been making love to all the girls in America.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Eh, it's good to be back!

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : You know they have artillery. You don't even have armor.

  Ram Oren : This dynamite is our artillery, and the night is our armor.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : And the Lord is my Shepherd. but I've always thought that maybe he's their shepherd, too.

  Ram Oren : You stay.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : If so, there'll be a hell of a lot of confused sheep.

• Jacob Zion : They told you, I suppose, that I have a terrible temper.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : I served in Germany under General "blood-and-guts" Patton. You're a pussycat.

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : The olive branch hasn't worked around here since Noah ran the ark into a mountain.

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : You know, I'll bet if Moses came down from Mount Sinai again, the Palmach would turn down five of the Commandments just so God wouldn't get a swelled head.

• Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : You've got no choice. Hit those tanks with everything.

  Maj. Safir : Risk the entire force?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : They don't know it's a whole force! Go for broke. This has gotta be the biggest bluff since the invention of falsies.

• Gen. Mike Randolph : If I were running the Pentagon, I'd have you stood up against the wall. Instead, they'll probably pin a medal on you. Have you ever heard of the word *discipline*? A staff officer acting like a kid playing Cowboys-and-Indians is an example that could cost a hundred lives. What are you trying to prove, Marcus?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : I wish the h__l I knew, sir.

• Jump Sergeant : What's the matter, soldier? Haven't you ever jumped before?

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : No-OOOOOOOHHHHHHHhhhhhhh!

• Gen. Mike Randolph : Stand up and be counted, Mickey. There's a lot of us who'll stand up with you. L'Chaim.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : Maybe you'd better stay off our side, Mike. Nobody'll ever believe it.

• Asher Gonen : We have to pretend to know everything because we know so little.

  Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus : And everything's going to be different from now on, huh?

  Asher Gonen : Of course not. We'll criticize every decision you make, but that doesn't mean we won't do it.