Mister Roberts (1955)

Ward Bond: Dowdy

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Quotes 

• Chief Petty Officer Dowdy : [referring to the letter from Forney]  Could I have that, I'd like to post it for the crew.

  Doc : [referring to the letter from Roberts]  No, post this one. It's theirs.

• Chief Petty Officer Dowdy : [after Schlemmer crashes police motorcycle off end of dock]  Schlemmer! Get up here, you idiot! What're you tryin' to do?

  Schlemmer : [jumping back in the water]  I forgot my motorcycle!

• Chief Petty Officer Dowdy : [entering the crew quarters; in a dispirited voice]  All right, hit the deck. Rise and shine! Greet the new day. Off your hock and grab your sock. Reveille. Reveille.

• Doc : [reading the inscription on Mr. Roberts' medal]  Order of the Palm. To Lt. JG Douglas Roberts. For action against the enemy, above and beyond the call of duty.

  Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts : It's very nice, but I think you got the wrong guy.

  Chief Petty Officer Dowdy : [smiling]  We know sir, but we'd like you to have it anyway.