1941 (1979)

Tim Matheson: Capt. Loomis Birkhead

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• Captain Loomis Birkhead : [after the failed B-17 tryst]  Oh, Donna, you can't do this to me, you don't know what I've been through today!

  Donna Stratton : [hair slightly astray under her hat, looking very annoyed]  Loomis, my father was a drill sergeant in the Marine Corps.

  [balls up her fist] 

  Donna Stratton : And he taught me how to defend myself. Now *leave* me *alone*.

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Donna, please...

  [she hits him in the face, and he falls back onto the controls, releasing a bomb onto the ground] 

• Donna Stratton : [Loomis is all over her, but briefly breaks away to steer the plane; exhausted]  Is the target in sight yet, Loomis?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Oh, it will be, j-just as soon as I make it through these...

  [stares at her breasts] 

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : hills.

  [starts kissing her again] 

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : [to Donna]  It's big. The biggest one here. You know what else? It's got a lot of range. You know what I mean by range, don't you? I mean it can stay up for a long time. A very long time. And it's built firm and solid. Because it has to be. Because of its tremendous forward thrust. And when this baby delivers its payload... devastating.

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : Sir, you don't have any bombers here, do you, sir?

  Colonel "Madman" Maddox : Bombers? Son, if I had bombers I'd be bombin' the hell out of them right now!

  [Maddox and his men start laughing madly] 

  Donna Stratton : [looking around; whispers to herself]  No planes?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : [to himself]  Boy, am I in trouble now...

  Colonel "Madman" Maddox : [signals for the laughing to stop]  Hell, son, the only plane I've got around here is that old shit on a shingle trainer sittin' right over there.

  [soldiers pull down tarp to reveal an older plane; Donna's face lights up at the sight of it, as Loomis looks over to her for approval] 

  Donna Stratton : [nodding and whispering her approval]  It's fine, it's fine. Let's go!

• Donna Stratton : [smiling mischievously, Donna takes off her hat and lets her hair down, staring at Loomis intently, who is transfixed on flying the plane]  This thing handles pretty well, even if it's not a B-17. But...

  [moves over to him, unbuckles his front belt] 

  Donna Stratton : Does it have much range, Loomis?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : [too tightly focused on flying the plane]  Huh?

  Donna Stratton : [caressing his face]  I mean, do you think it'll stay up for a long time?

  [starts sucking on his ear, feels up his chest] 

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : [still too tightly focused on flying the plane]  Sure. Hell, we've used less than a quarter of a tank of gas already.

  [his head jerks out the window for a moment] 

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Look! We're already over the Riverside County Reservoir!

  [she ignores him and starts kissing his cheek and caressing his chin] 

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : [Donna has his uniform open and is trying to tear off his T-shirt; he is *still* too focused on actually flying the plane]  Donna - Donna would you lay off? I'm trying to steer!

  Donna Stratton : [upset and frustrated]  What's wrong, Loomis? You're not airborne yet!

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : What are you talking about? Look out the window, of course we're airborne!

  Donna Stratton : We are, but -

  [looks down at his pants then straight in the eye] 

  Donna Stratton : but you're not.

  [kisses him passionately] 

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : [kneeling down as he spots Donna from a distance]  Is that the general's new secretary?

  Pvt. DuBois : Yeah, she just came in from HQ. Not bad, huh?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : [incredulous]  Not bad? She's a goddess, DuBois, a goddamn goddess! That is Donna Stratton! I knew her back in Washington. She has got this thing for planes.

  Pvt. DuBois : One of those real high flying types, huh?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : I've never seen anything like it... she's got *planes* on the *brain*!

• General Joseph W. Stilwell : [annoyed]  Where's Birkhead? He's supposed to have my lunch.

  Donna Stratton : [whistling, dreamy]  B-17. Mmm...

  [heads for the B-17 with a dreamy smile on her face] 

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : No man has ever gotten to first base with her on the ground. But get her up in a plane, she'll bat your balls right out of the park.

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : [after the reporter runs off]  I tell ya, DuBois, there are drawbacks to being a general's aide. I mean, the general could have been a few minutes later, now couldn't he?

  Pvt. DuBois : Well, it is wartime, sir, we all have to make sacrifices.

• Donna Stratton : Sorry, Captain, I didn't realize you had a serious interests in strategic bombers.

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Donna, my interest is very strategic. How would you like me to show you the cockpit?

• Captain Loomis Birkhead : On the stick.

  Donna Stratton : Yes. Yes. Give it to me!

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Right. Now, we are rolling. We're rolling down that runway. Faster. And faster.

  Donna Stratton : I don't feel any thrust?

  Captain Loomis Birkhead : Don't worry! Don't worry! You will! You will.