Flying Tigers (1942)

John Carroll: Woody Jason

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• Woody Jason : [Woody has just inadvertently insulted Jim's girlfriend, who walks away]  Did I do something wrong?

  Jim Gordon : Do you ever do anything right?

• Woody Jason : [as he charges outside during an air raid]  C'mon, everybody! The bank's open!

  Woody Jason : [minutes later, after he grabs an unarmed and radio-less fighter to join the battle... even after Jim has told him to wait until he gets combat training]  Get your checkbook out, General.

  [He's about to shoot down some Japanese, or so he thinks] 

  Woody Jason : [after getting winged by a Japanese bomber and making a forced landing, right into a tree]  ... Well, I walked away from THAT one!

  Another Pilot : Yeah... A few more landings like THAT, and you'll be a Japanese ace!

• Jim Gordon : [after Woody joins a sortie against Jim's orders, in a fighter without ammo or a radio, and gets himself shot down]  Where do you think you are, with some broken-down flying circus?

  Woody Jason : Aw, it would've been a cinch; I was ridin' the murder-spot right above those Jap bombers! If I had ammo, I'd have blown them clear out of China!

  Jim Gordon : Instead, you wasted a good ship!

  Woody Jason : Hey, you talk like that crate's more important than me.

  Jim Gordon : I can't afford to lose planes OR pilots...

  Woody Jason : It's like I told you earlier, Pappy: All I get out of this is the dough, so you can't blame me for trying. In a skeet match, the guy who knocks down the most pigeons wins the cup.

  Jim Gordon : ...I also can't have grand-standers trying to hog the whole show! Results around here are based on co-operation and understanding. Discipline in the air is strict, because that's the only way an outfit like this can operate!

  Woody Jason : ...And here I thought it was every man for himself.

  Jim Gordon : Not these days, it isn't. Just wait until the day you look over your shoulder and see a Jap sittin' on your tail, in a ship that you can't out-maneuver! THEN you'll know what I'm talking about.

• Woody Jason : [after Blackie has been shot down and killed]  ... C'mon, fellas, you can't pin this on me! If Blackie hadn't opened his chute so soon, it wouldn't have happened!

  Hap Smith : Maybe if you'd followed Blackie down, it wouldn't have happened, either! You were nearest to him, and you were in the clear. What happened?

  Woody Jason : ...A Mitsi got in my way.

  Hap Smith : [bitter]  I guess it's easier to see 500 bucks than a pal of yours in trouble.

• [Woody has "broken the camel's back", by getting Hap killed] 

  Jim Gordon : There's an army truck out of here for Rangoon the day after tomorrow. Be on it.

  Woody Jason : Don't say that, Jim!

  Jim Gordon : Until then, you're confined to your quarters.

  Woody Jason : I'm still a good flier, Jim! I'll knock down five Japs for every one of our boys!

  Jim Gordon : It's out of my hands now. None of THESE men will ever fly with you again. And they HAVE to fly.

• Woody Jason : [doing magic tricks for the kids]  I have here a shiny new quarter. Brand new. Just made it this morning.

  [sniffs it] 

  Woody Jason : Brand new - you can still smell the mint!

• Woody Jason : Maybe we can have dinner some time.

  Brooke Elliott : I never get quite *that* hungry.

• Brooke Elliott : Jim lets me use his room to wash up because it's the only one on the base with a bathtub.

  Woody Jason : Hmm. Must get pretty chummy on Saturday night.

• Woody Jason : [after a list of kills has been posted]  2000 bucks and it's only Thursday, I could take that scoreboard down to the bank and cash it in right now. I wonder if anybody's ever beat that record?

  Another Pilot : I knew a guy who tied it once, only he didn't live to spend it.

  Woody Jason : Too bad he waited. I have a feeling when I hit my stride the rest of you guys can take a vacation. At my expense, of course.

• Repkin : Jason, what's your position?

  Woody Jason : My instruments tell me I'm flying upside-down 500 feet below Lake Michigan, but they must be wrong, because I can see the lights of the field. Run for cover, I'm comin' in!

• Woody Jason : [almost crashing into mountain]  Pull 'er up!

  Jim Gordon : Didja you know I used to drive a roller coaster?

  Woody Jason : Delivering nitro?

  Jim Gordon : Yesss.

  Woody Jason : Were you killed?

  Jim Gordon : Uh-huh.

• Woody Jason : [after hitting bridge and supply train]  Give the gentleman a cee-gar!

  Jim Gordon : If they wanna cross that river, they'll have to swim it!

• Alabama Smith : Doggone it, you ought to be tarred and feathered Woody, gettin' slung out of this outfit just when things are getting exciting.

  Woody Jason : What's going on out there?

  Alabama Smith : Huh?

  Woody Jason : You heard me, what's happening?

  Alabama Smith : Oh, that's the skipper's idea, he's going over to fix breakfast for the Jappies. Gonna serve 'em soup.

  Woody Jason : Who's going with him?

  Alabama Smith : Nobody, and if you ask me, it's a one way trip.

• Jim Gordon : Get 'er closer!

  Woody Jason : If we get any closer to that bridge, we'll have to pay a toll charge!