Ensign Pulver (1964)
Walter Matthau: Doc
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Quotes
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Doc : [Saying a mock prayer as Ens. Pulver goes ashore, hopefully to bring back some bottles of scotch] Oh, Bacchus, God of Alcohol, coordinate Frank Pulver and glue him together for one day, please.
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Captain Morton : I don't want a crew of whining sissies with table manners. I want MEN!
Doc : You've GOT men! That's your problem! If we were in combat it would be different. These men left their homes to FIGHT, but they never got into the war! They're in limbo, Captain, trapped between heaven and hell on a floating 10-cent store!
Captain Morton : You "college" officers make me PUKE!
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Doc : [Ens. Pulver has been telling Doc about scaring the captain off the ship] "Scare the captain off this ship"! Don't dream. Don't dream!
Ens. Frank Pulver : Stop talking like somebody's father! What about you? You don't even dream!
Doc : Touché, Frank. I'm a vegetable. Eggplants don't dream, do they?
Doc : [mimicking a child's voice] And what did you do in the Great War, daddy?
Doc : [normal voice] I sat on a ship, paralyzed, and watched men rot.
Doc : I'm kaput. But you've got a potential. A destructive nature. And what do you do with it? Shoot flies with a piece of lead foil!
Ens. Frank Pulver : A naval officer has to be an expert at ballistics.
