Tobruk (1967)

Rock Hudson: Maj. Donald Craig

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Quotes 

• Major Craig : Your war's going to last a lot longer than mine Captain.

  Captain Berghman : Its 2000 years old now. For the first time since Jesus we're beginning to think and feel as a people. The days of the wandering Jew are coming to an end. We're going home.

  Major Craig : Palestine?

  Captain Berghman : Israel, Major. Israel. That's where we began. Anyone looking for trouble in the future will know where to find us.

• Major Craig : We better be moving once the burial party is finished.

  Captain Berghman : Why waste the time? A few feet of sand won't make any difference.

  Major Craig : You heard the order.

  Captain Berghman : That smoke can be seen for miles.

  Major Craig : Look Berghman, if you have any complaints take them to the Colonel. Or find yourself a Rabbi.

• Colonel Harker : Its out of the question.

  Major Craig : Colonel Harker, you went to an awful lot of trouble to Shanghai me in on this mission. If you're not going to follow my advice what the hell am I doing here?

  Colonel Harker : You can't take heavy transport through that without mine detectors.

  Major Craig : Why are you telling me? You brought me along to tell you.

  Colonel Harker : Alright Major, tell me.

• Captain Berghman : Sorry, we have no tea. Perhaps you'll settle for chocolate.

  Major Craig : Very British of you, Major.

• Major Craig : It's suicide.

  Colonel Harker : It's orders.

• Major Craig : My mother didn't raise any heroes.

• Major Craig : A dead martyr is just another corpse!

• Major Craig : We got two chances: a poor one and a slim one.

• Major Craig : Tuareg! Hold your fire. If there's one there's more.

  Colonel Harker : Wouldn't be the first time they've attacked a column.

  Captain Berghman : English column's Colonel. This is German.

• Colonel Harker : What is it Sergeant Major?

  Sergeant Major Tyne : More coming Sir, over there on the other side.

  Colonel Harker : [turns around]  They must be German. The Italian's are too fond of comfort to travel this late.

  [turns back to the Italian's] 

  Colonel Harker : Their sentries haven't seen them yet. Take what men you need Berghman and make sure they don't.

  Captain Berghman : [in German]  Bruckner, comenzi

  Colonel Harker : What do you estimate the range

  [of the approaching Germans] 

  Colonel Harker : ?

  Major Craig : Two thousand yards, maybe a bit less.

  Colonel Harker : Twice the effective range of our mortars.

  Major Craig : I'll get the range finder. And prepare mortars.

• Lt. Boyden : Colonel Harker, Sir. Major Craig and Captain Bergman reporting.

  Colonel Harker : Oh thank you Boyden. Bergman. Hello Craig, good of you to come. I'll get right to it. Sometime ago you submitted a plan to Staff outlining a proposed raid on the German fuel bunkers at Tobruk.

  Major Craig : In its infinite wisdom, Staff turned my plan down.

  Colonel Harker : Things do have a way of changing though don't they Major. Rommel is 90 miles from Suez. Every shell, every gallon of petrol he gets has to come 300 miles from Tobruk. The RAF is doing its best, but still too much is getting through. So we're going to have a go at Rommel's source of supply.

  Major Craig : laughing

  Colonel Harker : Did I say something to uh, provoke humor?

  Major Craig : Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.

  Colonel Harker : Would you care to expand on that?

  Major Craig : When I submitted the plan we could have blown up their fuel bunkers with a handful of men. How in hell are we supposed to get through their defenses now?

  Colonel Harker : Drive through Major. Disguised as prisoners of war, guarded by Captain Bergman's personal Afrika Korps. The plan will still basically be yours, except now it will be maximum effort land, sea and air.

  Major Craig : Colonel, can you direct me to the nearest bus stop?

• Major Craig : I'll say one thing for the Germans, they certainly know how to build an engine.

  Captain Berghman : It doesn't cost much, either, when they use slave labor. Two hundred Jew power, Major.

  Major Craig : We all know what's going on in Europe.

  Captain Berghman : Well, if you do, if you really do, there must be a little of the Jew in you.

  Major Craig : They say there's a little of the Jew in everyone.

  Captain Berghman : Jah, a little of the Nazi, too.