A scene from Kelly's Heroes 1970
First Sergeant Mulligan

[Upon seeing Kelly, assuming Kelly is there to yell at him for shelling Kelly's unit by accident the previous night]

Wait, Kelly, wait. Will you listen to me a second? Will ya listen to me! It's not me, I tell ya, it's not me! I - I can't tell one shell from another, they all look alike! They all look alike. If was me, if I could tell, would I be here? WOULD I BE HERE?! I wouldn't be here, Kelly! I'd be back in the States! I'd be out with all those broads! I'd be working in a factory!

Kelly

Relax.

First Sergeant Mulligan

Wait a minute. Will ya just listen to me? We gotta have a little understanding around here. Why the hell can't we ever have any understanding around here?!

Kelly

Relax. Mulligan, I just want to make a proposition to you.

First Sergeant Mulligan

A prop-proposition? Well, is it dirty or just illegal?

Kelly

Well, I want you to set up a barrage for me. I want you to lay down a barrage for me, Mulligan. Grid section 7, right here at these crossroads.

First Sergeant Mulligan

I got to have a signed operations order from the C.O.

Kelly

You see, that's just the problem, Mulligan. We don't have an authorization.

First Sergeant Mulligan

You don't have a... Gee, well, Kelly, without an authorization... I can't help you.

Kelly

I told you I had a proposition, Mulligan. That's just what I meant. [takes out a gold bar] A proposition.

Kelly

Why what?

First Sergeant Mulligan

Why... Why not?

Kelly

You won't forget me now, will you?

First Sergeant Mulligan

[staring at the gold bar]

No. No, I won't forget, Kelly.

Kelly

You're a good man, Mulligan.

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