Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)

Rapture at Two-Forty (1965)

Michael Rennie: Robert Thurston

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Quotes 

• Paul Bryan : [leaving the funeral of an ill-fated diver]  You know she intends to go right on with this diving?

  Robert Thurston : I assumed she would.

  Paul Bryan : If I were her father, I'd put a stop to it.

  Robert Thurston : If you were her father, you'd have an entirely different expression on your face when you look at her, or at least I certainly hope you would.

  Paul Bryan : I'm not joking. This so-called sport is dangerous!

  Robert Thurston : Life is dangerous. My daughter likes to live it fully, bravely, proudly. The trick is to live and not just survive.

  Paul Bryan : Nietzsche?

  Robert Thurston : No, Beatles, I think. Maybe Ringo?

• Leslie Thurston : Remember, Daddy, "live dangerously"?

  Robert Thurston : Naturally.

  Leslie Thurston : Well, Paul pointed something out to me. Perhaps Nietzsche meant emotionally, and not just risking your neck day after day.

  Robert Thurston : But going back to Philadelphia to live, that's emotional suicide.

  Leslie Thurston : I'm going to find myself a man, now that I know they exist. And I'm going to love. That's living dangerously. That's risk. That was the one risk I was always afraid to take. Now I can't wait to take it.

• Robert Thurston : Why don't you do yourself a favor: Don't try to beat little Leslie. You'll live longer that way.

  Paul Bryan : You mean 'survive' longer? And I'm not going to try to beat her; I'm going to beat her, as a favor to her and on behalf of the whole male sex!