Quotes from The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

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Roger Livesey
Col. Francis Burke: We need money! It's blood for our veins! It's air for the lungs of us!
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Col. Francis Burke: Why, you swindling scum of a coward! You mouse-hearted imitation of a man! You green crawling snake that slipped up from the slime when your thieving mother wasn't looking!
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Col. Francis Burke: You have the honor to address Colonel Francis Burke, gentleman of Dublin, chevalier of France, and hunted refugee of a devastated ragtag army.
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Jamie Durie: [Seeing Burke being kissed by several girls] Burke, on your way.
Col. Francis Burke: Not again, Jamie. The dear helpless females want comforting. Where's the heart of you?
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Jamie Durie: [Watching Burke being kissed by several girls] Burke, come on!
Col. Francis Burke: Would you have me leave these poor, lonesome bits of depravity? I'm about to enrich the lives and experience of them!
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Jamie Durie: Burke, we've got to get out of here.
Col. Francis Burke: And what could be simpler? The guard could have no objection to that!
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Roger Livesey
Jamie Durie: Now, one of two things, Irishman. Either we fight on the spot, or we be comrades. Which is it to be?
Col. Francis Burke: Cut each other's throats or be friends for life - either way, is it?
Jamie Durie: It makes no difference to me.
Col. Francis Burke: And how do we make the decision?
Jamie Durie: Heads, we fight.
[He flips a coin]
Col. Francis Burke: Tails. Good. I'm a wee bit tired at the moment.
- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Errol Flynn
Matthew Bull: I don't like his eyes. I don't trust him.
Jamie Durie: Well, that's strange, when I'm so fond of you.
- Errol Flynn (as Jamie Durie) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

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