The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Jerry Paris: Ens. Barney Harding

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Quotes 

• Ens. Barney Harding : I have a confession to make! Height bothers me. I think I'm gonna be sick! I'd use my hat, but it's the only one I've got! Oh, those poor sailors!

  Ensign Willie Keith : Take mine. I've got three others.

  Ens. Barney Harding : Thanks. That's darn cordial of ya!

  Ensign Willie Keith : Don't mention it!

• Lt. Keefer : [by way of introduction]  Ensign Keith, Ensign Harding.

  Lt. Keith : My condolences.

  Ens. Barney Harding : Thanks.

  Lt. Keefer : Alright, my two newly hatched innocents, let's get with it. The USS Caine is a minesweeper. These are paravanes used for minesweeping. They carry sweep wires out both sides of the ship. The wire contacts the mooring cable of a mine and saws it in two. We've been in combat a year and a half. During that time we have never been asked to sweep one single mine.

• Lt. Keefer : [concluding the tour]  Well, gentlemen, just one more thing to do: climb the mast.

  Ens. Barney Harding : Well, what for? A mast is a mast.

  Lt. Keefer : When the captain orders a tour, he means from the keel to the foretop. That's the foretop.

  [pointing to the 100-foot high superstructure] 

  Ens. Barney Harding : [slowly ascending with fatalistic resignation]  I've got a wife and a kid. I'm very fond of them. I'll probably never see them again.