In Harm's Way (1965)
Patricia Neal: Maggie
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Quotes
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : How do admirals feel about nurses?
Rear Admiral Rock Torrey : The same way captains did.
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : I made a special effort to not look like a nurse.
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : Oh, he had his chances to ask me. Ten days' worth of chances, that's enough. He didn't call me, so I called him.
Annalee : How did you have the nerve?
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : Annalee dear, past a certain age, men are apt to avoid making sudden moves where women are concerned. The women have to do the sudden moving, or else everybody stands still until it's too late. It gets late fast in these times. I like this man, and I want him to know it - now.
Annalee : Suppose he and Jere bump into each other? Jere's very funny about his father.
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : Oh, let 'em bump. I'd be interested to see what happens.
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : Hey, that's quite a knife you carry.
Captain Rock Torrey : Yeah. Can opener, screwdriver, punch, straight blade - even a skinning blade.
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : Oh, that is useful. What do you skin?
Captain Rock Torrey : Lieutenant nurses who pull my leg.
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : The smiling young lady from Niger. She rode on the back of a tiger. And after the ride, she wound up inside, with her smile on the face of the tiger.
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Captain Rockwell Torrey : Ever hear the name 'Cunliffe'?
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : It's one of those expensive New England names, isn't it?
Captain Rockwell Torrey : Well, she was a Cunliffe, Jere's mother. I met her at a Navy ball, 1917. She was beautiful. I don't know why she married me - I was just an ensign.
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : I bet you were something when you were an ensign.
Captain Rockwell Torrey : Fell over my feet most of the time. But when I came back from the war, I had a son, and the Cunliffes had great plans for me. I was to resign my commission in the Navy, and do something useful... the stock market. They sat around with teacups on their laps, and ticker tape coming out of their ears, and I said no. It was quite a scene. Then, Athalie - that was her name, Athalie - said, 'Rockwell, I will not become a camp follower. Whenever you are not busy boating with the Navy, feel free to come visit us.' And that's the way it was; I visited. Then I was assigned to duty in the Philippines, and that ended it.
Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : You left out one small detail. You were terribly in love with her.
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Nurse Lieutenant Maggie Haynes : You run a taut ship.
Captain Rockwell Torrey : He's not a bad looking kid, is he?