Where Eagles Dare 1968 - Movie Quotes

[Smith and Schaffer are observing the Castle of Eagles fortress, and a nearby military base]

Lt. Morris Schaffer If I'm not mistaken, that's an army barracks over there.

Major John Smith No mistake, Lieutenant. This the headquarters of the Wehrmacht Alpenkorps.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Oh, swell. Do you have any other surprises I should know about?

Major John Smith I thought you knew, Lieutenant. Why do you think we were chosen for his mission as if not to make social contact?

Lt. Morris Schaffer You mean we're gonna go down there? Mingle with the German Army?

Major John Smith Of course. Why do you think we're not dressed as German sailors?

Lt. Morris Schaffer We'll be recognized as strangers.

Major John Smith Training troops come and go all the time. What are six new faces among 600 new faces?

Lt. Morris Schaffer Look, Major, this is primarily a British operation. I'm an American. I don't even know why the hell I'm here.

Major John Smith Lieutenant, you're here because you're an American.

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Major John Smith Broadsword calling Danny Boy.

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SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen [to Mary] Strange... I seem to remember... that the cathedral was on the *other* side of the square.

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Major John Smith Lieutenant, in the next 15 minutes we have to create enough confusion to get out of here alive.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Major, right now you got me about as confused as I ever hope to be.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer Do me a favor, will you? Next time you have one of these things, keep it an all-British operation.

Major John Smith I'll try, Lieutenant.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer [to Smith, seeing him with Mary] You seem to have a lot of women stashed around this country, Major.

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Mary Ellison I nearly froze to death in that damn plane. Why couldn't you have supplied some hot water bottles or an electrically heated suit? I thought you loved me.

Major John Smith Can't help what you think.

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Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [into a phone] Major Wilner speaking. Ja, Colonel.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer [into a phone] Can you describe him?

Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [into the phone] That will not be necessary. Ask him to show you his right forearm.

Major John Smith Certainly.

Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [as Smith raises his sleve] There are two parallel scars, about three centimeters apart.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer [into the phone] The scars are there.

Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [into the phone] Ask how he get them.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer [to Smith] How did you get those?

Major John Smith I was born with them.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer [into the phone] He says he was born with them.

Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [into the phone] That is right. Tell him he's a traitor.

Major John Smith Tell him he's a renegade.

Maj. Wilhelm Wilner [bursts out laughing] That is Schmidt! No question about it!

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Lt. Morris Schaffer [referring to what Smith called him earlier to maintain his cover] "Second rate punk," huh?

Major John Smith All I could think of on the spur of the moment.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Thanks, that makes it even worse.

Major John Smith [smiles] Sorry.

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Major John Smith You are going up to the castle tonight as, well, yes as a domestic.

Mary Ellison How? Naked?

Major John Smith Not a bad idea, but it's a bit obvious.

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Major John Smith Nobody leaves here until I come back. Jock, save me some coffee.

Sgt. Jock MacPherson It'll be cold by then.

Major John Smith They say that's an advantage. You can't taste cold coffee.

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Mary Ellison You must be mad.

Major John Smith If I wasn't, what would I be doing in this job?

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Major John Smith [to Schaeffer] In your own idiom, you're a 'punk'. And a pretty second rate punk at that.

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SS-Standartenführer Kramer Let me remind you, Major, I'm a colonel in the SS and not a lieutenant who you can frighten with your threats!

SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen Your military rank and position are obvious to me, Colonel, and so are your attempts to discredit me with superiors in Berlin.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer If there is any discredit, you bring it upon yourself. Good night.

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[a large body of German troops led by field security chief Colonel Weissner storm into the guesthouse pub in a raid]

Col. Weissner [addressing the crowd] Attention! We are looking for four or five Alpenkorps deserters from Stuttgart. To escape, they killed two officers and a guardroom sergeant. They were last known to be heading this way.

Major John Smith [quitely to his men] Clever. Very clever indeed.

Col. Weissner [continuting to the crowd] I want all the officers of Drafts 13, 14, and 15 to come forward at once!

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Col. Weissner Check their papers. Check them carefully.

Major John Smith [to his men] Well gentlemen... any suggestions?

[Thomas, Christiansen, and Berkley are silent]

Major John Smith [to Schaffer] Lieutenant?

Lt. Morris Schaffer Well, I think we'll stand a lot better chance outside than we will in here.

Major John Smith Agreed. Gentlemen... see you after the war.

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Gen. Rosemeyer This is preposterous!

[when Smith makes the discussion more confusing than it already was]

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SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen [Von Hapen surprised Smith and Schaffer] Stay where you are! I advise everyone to be perfectly still. Drop your gun, Major. You too, Lieutenant. By the fireplace.

SS-Standartenführer Kramer Thank God you're here, Major, we're just about...

SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen [interrupts Kramer] SIT DOWN, colonel! Everybody remain as he is, until I find out what exactly is going on in here.

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[after Schaffer kills a German with a knife]

Major John Smith That was quick.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Fear lent him wings, as the saying goes.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer Look, Major, either you start playing it straight or you can deal me out of this mess. Now we both know that radio operator wasn't killed in any drop. Now with MacPherson dead, there's only five of us left. So either you let me know what's going on or there's only gonna be four.

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Colonel Wyatt Turner [referring to Smith] Some people have a sixth sense. He has a sixth, a seventh and an eighth.

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Major John Smith You're late.

Mary Ellison One day, I won't come at all.

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Colonel Wyatt Turner No more questions, I take it?

Sgt. Harrod Yes, sir. Begging the colonel's pardon, sir! What's all this about? I mean why is this man so damned important? Why should...

Colonel Wyatt Turner That will do, sergeant, you have all information you require...

Vice Admiral Rolland I think if we're sending a man to what may be his death, colonel, he has the right to know why.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer [to Smith] We've got company.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer [seeing the Schloss Adler for the first time] Somebody's got to be crazy. Just how would your colonel expect anybody to get in there?

Major John Smith Well, I suppose he feels if he can easily penetrate the German High Command, there's no reason why we should have any difficulty getting up there.

Lt. Morris Schaffer He did WHAT?

Major John Smith Colonel Turner spent the years '40 to '43 in Germany, first in the Wehrmacht and then in General Headquarters in Berlin. They say he knew Hitler quite well.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Yeah, I thought he looked a little nuts.

Major John Smith Yeah, probably is.

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Major John Smith Now, General Carnaby, perhaps you'll be good enough to give us your real name, rank and serial number.

[shoots the chair]

Gen. George Carnaby [long pause, then] Cartwright Jones, Corporal, U.S. Army RA 123-025-3964.

Major John Smith Thank you.

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Major John Smith [In the Werfen gasthaus cafe] And who might you be, my pretty Alpine rose?

Heidi Heidi. Stop, Major. I've got important work to do.

Major John Smith There's no more important work than entertaining the soldiers of the Fatherland. Shall I sing you a song?

Heidi I hear too much singing.

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Major John Smith Let me make myself perfectly understood. If any of you utters a word... I'll kill you all; do you understand?

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Heidi [to Mary Ellison disguised as "Maria Schenk"] My dear cousin Maria, you came after all.

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Vice Admiral Rolland Security? The word's become a bloody joke!

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Lt. Morris Schaffer There's a stop and start button.

[for the cable car]

Major John Smith See if you can make the motor work.

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Heidi Better lock the door.

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Lt. Morris Schaffer What were you and that major talking about?

Major John Smith I told him I was Himmler's brother.

Lt. Morris Schaffer Yeah, well I can see why that would shake him up a little.

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SS-Sturmbannführer Von Hapen Strange... I seem to remember... that the cathedral was on the other side of the square.

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Where Eagles Dare Movie Quotes