The Legend of Custer (1968)

Robert F. Simon: General Alfred Terry

Quotes 

• General Alfred Terry : For the record, I don't like you. You're too sure of yourself, too much your own man.

  Custer : Then why did you bring me back?

  General Alfred Terry : Because, by the Almighty, you're a soldier. There's another kind of war brewing out here on the frontier. We're going to need every trained man we can get.

• General Alfred Terry : I want you to take a close look at your new command - the scum of the Earth. No enlisted man in uniform can be arrested or tried for any civil offense. That makes the Army a hideout for thieves, renegades, murderers... throw in a few foreign immigrants, professional soldiers and ex-Confederates and that's what's become of your glorious Seventh.

• General Alfred Terry : Blast it, the girl's no better at taking orders than you are!

• [rather than return to Fort Hays as he was ordered, Custer has just led his troopers to General Terry's rescue] 

  General Alfred Terry : And more important, I gave you a direct order to return to this post, Mr. Custer!

  Custer : I received the General's order, sir, and was carrying it out.

  General Alfred Terry : By riding in the opposite direction of the fort?

  Custer : The general's order did not specify the route I was to take in getting here, sir.