The Alamo (1960)
Laurence Harvey: Colonel William Barret Travis
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Quotes
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Davy Crockett : Let's wet our whistles.
Colonel William Barret Travis : I don't drink.
Davy Crockett : Never?
Colonel William Barret Travis : Never.
Davy Crockett : I've heard of such. Well, spread your wampum Travis.
Colonel William Barret Travis : My title is Colonel.
Davy Crockett : Well, I'm a Colonel, too. Wouldn't it sound kinda silly, us chattering, "Colonel, Colonel" like a couple of marsh shield birds? Just speak right up and call me Crockett, don't bother to use my title. Old drunken General Flatford gave it to me in the Choctaw Indian War. I'll call you Travis.
Colonel William Barret Travis : Very well, Crockett.
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Gen. Sam Houston : Mr. Travis, are you going to complain to me about Jim Bowie?
Colonel William Barret Travis : Not complain, sir.
Gen. Sam Houston : Of course Jim Bowie's drunk. He took this town from General Cos. He fought a battle and now he's drunk. Seems kinda natural to me. Or are you questioning something other than Bowie's drinking? Are you going to tell me that he's got a lot of acreage down here? That he married into Mexican aristocracy?
Colonel William Barret Travis : Yes sir.
Gen. Sam Houston : Travis, I would trust Jim Bowie with my life. More than that I would trust him with the lives of my family, and more than that I would trust him with the life of Texas.
Colonel William Barret Travis : Sir!
Gen. Sam Houston : That's all, Travis.
[Travis turns to leave]
Gen. Sam Houston : Travis.I've never been able to like you. But you are also one of the very few men I would trust with the life of Texas.
Colonel William Barret Travis : For that, sir, thank you.
Gen. Sam Houston : And it may very well be... that that life rest in your hands.