Lt. Melvill Quotes in Zulu Dawn (1979)

[Vereker asks what happens if he can't drink the Stanger's cup without stopping]

Lt. Raw: Then a bottle of good claret to each member of the mess is charged to your account.

Lt. Melvill: If it's too much, we can have the bill forwarded to your father, in the House of Lords. Oh, no offense meant, Vereker.

Lt. William Vereker: No offense taken, Melvill. To men who aren't afraid to speak their minds.

Lt. Melvill: You didn't really have to choose between your country and the Zulu, did you?

Lt. William Vereker: Um, and a damn close thing it was too.

[British lancers have just ridden down and killed a Zulu warrior]

Lt. Melvill: Well done, Sir! Did you see that Noggs? Deceived him with the up and took him with the down.

Norris-Newman: Well well, this one's a grandfather at least. If he'd been a Zulu in his prime I'd have given odds against your lancer, Mr. Melvill.

General Lord Chelmsford: Well, gentlemen, first blood to us and a rousing good report in the newspapers to satisfy the politicians, eh?

Lt. Melvill: [bellowing a reply to the Zulu challenge] We come here by the orders of the Great Queen Victoria, Queen of all Africa.