Follow the Boys (1963)

Ron Randell: Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville

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• Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : Don't tell me you believe in the recruiting posters.

  Lt. Peter Langley : Oh, absolutely.

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : That's funny. I must have missed the one that guaranteed a girl in every port.

  Lt. Peter Langley : But, well, surely, you don't think that's the reason I joined the Navy?

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : Isn't it? I heard that the minute you hit the shore, you became a one man Marshall Plan.

• Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : Who needs 'em. As a matter of fact, Smitty, I've been thinking. There's nothing in Naval regulations that says we have to spend our liberty chasin' girls.

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : What have you got in mind?

  Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : Well, we could - well, we could go see some statues, visit museums, see some cathedrals, soak up a little culture for a change.

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : And just forget about girls?

  Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : Exactly.

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : What if we get to one of these museums and see a couple of dames?

  Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : We ignore 'em.

• Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : What are your plans for shore leave?

  Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : Well, sir, Lt. Langley and I have decided to spend our time studying Italian architecture.

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : That's one of putting it.

• Lt. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith : Mademoiselle, you say?

  Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : That's right, Lieutenant. And I understand the Mademoiselle is quite a dish.

• Lt. Cmdr. Ben Bradville : Tonight we're going to have us a real wing ding celebration. Just the two of us! The works!