Sitting Bull (1954)

William Hopper: Charles Wentworth

Quotes 

• Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : So, you're really leaving?

  Charles Wentworth : Yup. Let's say the uh, second best man has won.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Well, I thought you newspapermen lived by a code.

  Charles Wentworth : Code of honor? You've got that wrong. If you think I've taken dishonorable advantage of you over Cathy, we can settle that one too.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Let's skip that. There's something else I had in mind. What about a newspaperman never running out on a story?

  Charles Wentworth : What story?

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : The biggest story you've ever had a chance to cover?

  Charles Wentworth : Are you serious?

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : President Grant's coming out here.

  Charles Wentworth : Grant?

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : To sit under a tree and hold a counsel for peace with Sitting Bull.

  Charles Wentworth : So that's it. You're forgetting Parrish. I could telegraph that story in without interrupting a single plan for the wedding.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Yes, you could. But that information is top military secret. Telegraph it and you'll see me put against a wall in front of a firing squad. Do what you think's best.

• Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Are you looking for a war out here, Mr. Wentworth?

  Charles Wentworth : My papers say that the West is a tinderbox.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Yeah? Well, maybe I can cheat you out of a war. See how good you are at another contest some time.