Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)

Russell Collins: Dr. Robert MacPhail

Quotes 

• Mrs. Davidson : Thank heaven she's gone. She disturbed Mr. Davidson horribly last night. He despises women of that kind.

  Dr. MacPhail : The founder of our religion was not so squeamish.

• Dr. MacPhail : Well, to paraphrase an old saying, the situation has landed and has the Marines well in hand.

• Dr. MacPhail : This island looks volcanic.

  Mr. Davidson : It is - in more ways than one. All these isolated islands where our servicemen are stationed are volcanic. It takes constant vigilance to keep them under control.

  Dr. MacPhail : You mean to keep friendly relations with natives strictly - friendly.

  Mr. Davidson : To put it bluntly, yes.

• Dr. MacPhail : All of us may run as far as we can. But, at the end we always come face-to-face with ourselves.