Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Constance Towers: Mary Beecher
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Quotes
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Lt. Tom Cantrell : Mary, when I got word at Fort Linton that the Apaches were in this district and that I'd left you alone, I was really...
Mary Beecher : [severely] Not alone. Sergeant Rutledge was here. And no officer could have protected a woman more gallantly!
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1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge : Anyone come, you ain't gonna be in here with me.
Mary Beecher : What are you talking about?
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge : I'm talking about you. A white woman. White women only spell trouble for any of us.
Mary Beecher : That's nonsense. We're just two people trying to stay alive.
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge : Lady, you don't know how hard I'm trying to stay alive.
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Lt. Tom Cantrell : [Pleading to Mary] Rutledge needs all the help he can get.
Mary Beecher : Whose fault is that? And you of all people defending him.
Lt. Tom Cantrell : If only you knew the facts.
