Tunes of Glory (1960)
Alec Guinness: Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
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Quotes
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Major Jock Sinclair : We're on a first name basis in this regiment. Your first name is Derek; my first name is Major.
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Major Jock Sinclair : Whisky for the gentlemen that like it. And for the gentlemen that don't like it - Whisky.
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[while watching the pipers practice, Barrow notes that some of the men are not wearing the proper caps]
Major Jock Sinclair : Colonel, there's a tradition here...
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow : I'm all in favor of good tradition.
Major Jock Sinclair : I've always let the pipers wear pretty well what they please at band practice.
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow : Because you've let them wear what they like just doesn't make it a tradition!
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Jock Sinclair : It's not the body worries me - it's the ghost.
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Jock Sinclair : That's a cheesy tune!
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Jock Sinclair : So, tell me Corporal, are your intentions honorable?
Cpl. Fraser : Aye, sir.
Jock Sinclair : Then you're a damn fool. You leave "honorable intentions" to fathers like me.
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Major Jock Sinclair : ...others, Pipe Major.
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean : 'Cock of the North,' sir.
Major Jock Sinclair : Ah, yon's a cheesy tune. You'll no play that.
