Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
David Janssen: Duke Sinclair
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Quotes
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Jimmy : [repeated line to the American flyers] Good morning, American bum!
Duke Sinclaire : I'm not sure I like being called a "bum"! I've always thought of myself as more of a "tramp".
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[the American flyers are driving the French drillmaster crazy]
Duke Sinclaire : We've got him out-witted! Our feet are *killing* him!
Amos J. Walker : Marching's for the infantry.
Duke Sinclaire : Just keep on pretending we don't know what he's yelling about.
Bill Wellman Sr. : Pretending?
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Tom Hitchcock : This is a day to write home about.
Duke Sinclaire : Dear Mother: Today we flew at a dizzy height. 25 feet off the ground. Our estimated speed: a reckless 40 miles an hour. Dear Mother: We have grown used to the smell of burnt castor oil. And the confusion of instruments: an altimeter, a compass, and a revolutions counter.
Tom Hitchcock : Dear Mother: All he's gotta do now is land.
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Duke Sinclaire : Did anybody bother to tell Lafayette we have arrived?
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Arthur Blumenthal : [from the pitcher's mound] Come on, let's go, Yale! Come on, step up and take your medicine, boy.
George Moseley : What's the matter, have I got you scared, Princeton?
Duke Sinclaire : All right, will you educated idiots stop delaying the game. Let's play ball!