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Quotes of Movie: In Harm's Way [1965]
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Commander Paul Eddington: Old Rock of Ages, we've got ourselves another war. A gut bustin', mother-lovin' Navy war. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: In case it slipped your mind, it's gunnery stations at 0830. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: We both know what's eating you, Paul. You can't wash it out with booze. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: Paul, you're forcing me to throw my weight at you. Fish, or cut bait. Get on your feet or take your troubles elsewhere. I've got a ship to run. (unknown)
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Captain Rockwell Torrey: If you can hold a razor in that hand, you might shave before you come topside.
Commander Paul Eddington: Aye, aye, Father Torrey. (unknown)
LTJG 'Mac' McConnel: Let's crawl back into a uniform. You make us look like a bunch of pirates. (unknown)
[the Cassiday is underway, trying to escape the attack on Pearl Harbor]
Lt. Cline: Captain Harding, sir, and the exec!
Commander Rafe Harding USN, Cassiday's CO: [Standing on the bow of a pursuing motor whaleboat, frantically waving his hat up and down] Cassiday! Stop! Let us aboard!
Lt. Tom Agar: How the hell can we stop? It'll take twenty minutes at this speed!
LTJG 'Mac' McConnel: [Making a decision not to stop] Does anyone on this bridge see anything back there?
Bosun's Mate Chief Culpepper, USS Cassiday: Well, if they do, Mr. McConnell, I'll guarantee you they won't see nothin' again.
Lt. Tom Agar: [Laughing] Let 'er rip, Mac! (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: What is Vicki Marlowe's secret?
Commander Egan Powell: Well, it's not what it says in here. Vicki Marlowe's secret is that she's making a half a million bucks a year and she still collects alimony from me, in my present reduced circumstances. Well, anyway... I have the satisfaction of knowing that all of her pictures have been stinkers since I stopped writing them. Rockwell, my boy, never, I repeat never marry a movie actress.
Captain Rockwell Torrey: You married three of them.
Commander Egan Powell: I know. It was like eating peanuts. Once I started, I couldn't stop. (unknown)
Commander Egan Powell: Well, us civilians need more rest and recreation than you Old Salts. (unknown)
Commander Egan Powell: It's about time you crawled down from Mount Rushmore and took a look around for yourself. You'd be surprised at the changes we've made in the last 100 years. (unknown)
Commander Egan Powell: Man, I tell you, the women - they're smokin' cigarettes, drinkin' whiskey, doin' the shimmy-sham-shimmy, hot damn! (unknown)
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes: I made a special effort to not look like a nurse. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: Well, I'm flying under... false colors, Miss Haynes. I don't know my son. I didn't even know he was in the Navy. (unknown)
Ensign Jere Torrey: Leaving, sir?
Captain Rockwell Torrey: Yes. Before I pick you up and throw you to the fish. (unknown)
Commander Egan Powell: He needs a zipper in his face. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: He's my son.
Commander Egan Powell: Well! I'd like to meet him, Rock.
Captain Rockwell Torrey: No you wouldn't. (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: Well, I'm here to see a nurse. What are you here for?
Ensign Jere Torrey: To see a nurse.
Captain Rockwell Torrey: It looks like we have something in common after all.
Ensign Jere Torrey: I'm just a chip off the old block, sir! (unknown)
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes: You run a taut ship.
Captain Rockwell Torrey: He's not a bad looking kid, is he? (unknown)
Captain Rockwell Torrey: Ever hear the name 'Cunliffe'?
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes: It's one of those expensive New England names, isn't it? (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: Well, we all know the Navy's never wrong. But in this case, it was a little weak on bein' right. (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: Well, we gave him the molasses. Now let's feed him the sulfur. (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: Torrey, you just named your own poison. (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: On the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse. (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: I can't fire him. I can't scramble his whole command over night. It leaves a bad effect on our allies and gives aid and comfort to the enemy. (unknown)
Admiral Nimitz: Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy it's will to win. Or even to survive. (unknown)
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