Oh! Susanna (1951)

Chill Wills: Sergeant Barhydt

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• Sgt. Barhydt : Yes sir, Mr. Cutter, I figured maybe you could set me straight.

  Lt. Cutter : On what, Sergeant?

  Sgt. Barhydt : Why is it, sir, meaning no disrespect, sir, nobody wants to be a second lieutenant?

  Lt. Cutter : All right, I guess every shavetail that's been out on a day's patrol with you has had to listen to this one. Let's have it, Sergeant.

  Sgt. Barhydt : Well, sir, and I'll give up a day's pay if I'm wrong. A private wants to be a corporal, and a corporal wants to be a sergeant. But does a sergeant want to be a second lieutenant? Captains are right glad to be captains; majors and colonels are glad to be majors and colonels. But even a second lieutenant doesn't want to be a second lieutenant. Looking for something, sir?

  Lt. Cutter : Yes, a good answer, Sergeant.

• Capt. Webb Calhoun : Open the gate, Sergeant. Muro, give me your saber.

  Sgt. Barhydt : Sir, you're not going to let 'em in!

  Capt. Webb Calhoun : That's the sign for palaver. I'm going out.

  Sgt. Barhydt : But they're Sioux! That don't mean nothing but a trap. I'm going with you!

  Capt. Webb Calhoun : You'll stay here... just in case. Open the gate!

  Sgt. Barhydt : Just in case he don't come back.

  Trooper Muro : If he don't come back, there won't be any case.

• [The troopers find Charlie Grass, their Indian scout, shot full of arrows] 

  Sgt. Barhydt : You notice he's still got his hair? That's so when he walks around in the hereafter, everybody will know he wasn't even worth scalping.