The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

Verdun, September 1916 (1992)

George Hall: Old Indy

Quotes 

• Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : Well, the orders never got there and nobody ever found out what I did. The attack was delayed and ten thousand men lived a day longer. The French finally retook Fort Beaumond. There were twenty thousand casualties. As for General Petain, he hated politicians because he thought they had no concern for human life. But after the war, Petain became a politician himself and had a hard time indeed living up to his own moral code. Nivelle resigned and died a bitter old man. His problem was that he couldn't understand the consequences of his actions on the little guy. So, don't end up like him, bub.

  [notices the Wall Street man has fallen asleep] 

• Businessman on Plane : Insurance.

  Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : What, what?

  Businessman on Plane : Seatbelts required by our insurance.

  Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : You work for the airline?

  Businessman on Plane : No. The airline works for me.

• Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : What is it they call you, the pirate of Wall Street?

  Businessman on Plane : I prefer 'acquisition specialist'.

• Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : I've flown this airline for fifty years.

• Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : You remind me of someone I met in the First World War. I enlisted in the Belgian army under an alias. They made me a courier and before I knew it, I was with the high command of the French second army. At Verdun, one of the worst battles of the war.