Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (TV Series)
The Challenge of Chandra Singh (1956)
Philip Carey: Lieutenant Michael Rhodes
Quotes
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[first lines]
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes : Stand easy, Lal Singh.
Lieutenant William Storm : Thank you, Rhodes sahib.
Lieutenant William Storm : How goes the battle today?
Lal Singh : The works grows easier, Storm sahib, as my arm grow stronger.
Lieutenant William Storm : Fine. Keep it up
Lal Singh : Yes, for I will need a strong arm to carry my lance when I join the regiment
[Rhodes and Storm glance furtively at one another]
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes : Oh, well, plenty of time for that when you grow up.
Lal Singh : I try to grow faster, but it is hard for me. I think I am wasting too many years being small.
Lieutenant William Storm : Well, don't rush it, Lal Singh. Some of the best years of my life were wasted.
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[speaking of Lal Singh]
Lieutenant William Storm : Fine boy - too bad he'll never get his wish.
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes : Don't say never. Maybe by the time he's old enough to enlist, he'll be accepted.
Lieutenant William Storm : You don't wipe out prejudice of a thousand generations in one man's lifetime.
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes : Oh, things have to change sometime.
Lieutenant William Storm : Nothing ever changes in India - just grows older.
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[during a battle with renegades, Rhodes and Storm discover the regiment's ammunition boxes are filled with sand]
Indian Trooper : What can we do, Rhodes Sahib?
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes : What can we do! Use up the few bullets we've got and then...
Lieutenant William Storm : ...Throw sand.