Sitting Bull (1954)

Mary Murphy: Kathy Howell

Quotes 

• Kathy Howell : The man I marry has to do more than just love me. He has to place our future together, our happiness, above everything else.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : All I need is a chance.

  Kathy Howell : A chance? You've got a thousand chances. Why you could be commanding a regiment right now. Is it discipline that galls you? Or lack of action? What?

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Maybe I've got a few plans that don't suit these blue-bellied patriots that like to go around slaughtering Indians just to keep their name in print.

  Kathy Howell : This Indian thing has become an obsession with you. Why don't you have Washington handle it? Or quit the army altogether?

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Quit? And then what?

  Kathy Howell : Anything. Dig ditches if you like.

  [He laughs] 

  Kathy Howell : Yes, I'd dig them with you so long as you dug the best and the straightest. Oh, Bob, I'd... I'd help you get a start anywhere on Earth but you've got to fight your way to the top. To be the best in anything you tackle.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : It's gotta be the best, huh?

  Kathy Howell : The man I marry? Yes.

• Kathy Howell : They'll be no honeymoon, Bob. Our engagement is finished.

  Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish : Well, good. Good. I don't like long engagements either. When do we get married?

  Kathy Howell : We're not getting married. I've made up my mind. We're through.