Prince Valiant (1954)

Sterling Hayden: Sir Gawain

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• Sir Gawain : You turned out to be flinging rocks like any lowborn ruffian. Why I've never been unhorsed by such a scurvy trick!

• Sir Gawain : A man does not risk banishment or death in borrowed armor unless the stakes are high.

• Sir Gawain : If you're King Aguar's son, why did you fling that rock?

  Prince Valiant : I thought you were the knight that was after me.

  Sir Gawain : What knight?

  Prince Valiant : All I saw was his black armor.

  Sir Gawain : The Black Knight? You saw him?

  Prince Valiant : I near had his lance in my back. Who is he?

  Sir Gawain : A ghost.

  Prince Valiant : Oh, ghosts don't chase a man in daylight.

  Sir Gawain : Right.

• Sir Gawain : You were a young fool. But I was an old fool, which is worse.

• Sir Gawain : Stop interrupting and I'll tell you what happened. After you left I went out after you. That's when I came upon the Black Knight.

  Prince Valiant : You found him?

  Sir Gawain : Aye. He was searchin' the wood when I challenged him. We fought and he was good. His lance broke and I outhorsed him. I came in to finish him, when a dozen armed men came charging out at me.

  Prince Valiant : They were on foot? Armed with bows?

  Sir Gawain : Aye. It was only with luck I escaped through a hail of arrows.

  Prince Valiant : So did I!

  Sir Gawain : You what?

  Prince Valiant : I was set upon by a band of archers, escaped with an arrow in my back.

  Sir Gawain : Where was Sir Brack?

  Prince Valiant : I don't know. I was nearly captured where he told me to wait for him. Now he says he went back to find me and found no one. Isn't that strange, sir?

  Sir Gawain : What do you imply?

  Prince Valiant : It's hard to put into words, sir, but could it be that he covets King Arthur's throne more than anyone knows?

  Sir Gawain : Sir Brack. A foul suspicion, Val. Unworthy of you.

  Prince Valiant : Yes, I suppose it is unworthy.

  Sir Gawain : Sir Brack may have been born on the wrong side of the blanket, but he's a Knight of the Round Table, sworn to pledge allegiance to our King, and to defend justice, the weak and the helpless.

  Prince Valiant : I'm sorry, sir.

• Sir Gawain : The truth hurts sometimes, but it's the only thing to build happiness on.