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Little Big Man: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam. Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
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View Quote In a tale told to "Little Big Man" (Jack Crabb) about the legendary "Little Man" (this is actually a famous quotation of the Sioux leader Crazy Horse which has become an expression of absurd willingness and even eagerness to give one's life in the name of one's cause.)
Little Big Man (1970) quotes. Director. Arthur Penn. Cast. Dustin Hoffman. Faye Dunaway. Chief Dan George. Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer. There is an endless supply of white men.
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[to the historian] I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers. My name is Jack Crabb, and I am the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn . . . uh, uh . . . popularly known as C...There was no describing how I felt. An enemy had saved my life by the violent murder of one of my best friends. . . . The world was too ridiculous to even bother to live in.There is an endless supply of white men, but there has always been a limited number of human beings.Invisible! I've never been invisible before!Come out and fight! It is a good day to die! Thank you for making me a Human Being! Thank you for helpin' me to become a warrior! Thank you for my victories and for my defeats! Thank you for my vis...You look like a mule-skinner.Nothing in this world is more surprising than the attack without mercy!Ulysses S. Grant, a man of great glory, holds me on a pedestal and realizes his own flaws because of my greatness.A Custer decision impetuous? Grantcalled me impetuous, too, the drunkard, sitting there in the White House, calling me impetuous!You and I are even at last. I paid you the life I owe you. And the next time we meet, I can kill you without becoming an evil person.
Jack Crabb: You don't know when you're licked!Allardyce T. Meriweather: Licked? I'm not licked. I'm tarred and feathered, that's all.Jack Crabb: [trying to be intimidating, as a gunfighter]Might I ask who I are addressin'?Wild Bill Hickok: I'm Wild Bill Hickok.Jack Crabb: [suddenly docile]Well, I'm . . . I'm pleased to meet you, I'm sure.Little Big Man quotes at the Internet Movie DatabaseLittle Big Manat Turner Classic MoviesDec 23, 1970 · Little Big Man: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam. Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Jack Crabb: [trying to be intimidating, as a gunfighter] Might I ask who I are addressin'? Wild Bill Hickok: I'm Wild Bill Hickok. Jack Crabb: [suddenly docile] Well, I'm . . .
