Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series)

Werewolf (1966)

Richard Basehart: Adm. Harriman Nelson

Quotes 

• Adm. Harriman Nelson : [Admiral Nelson, Captain Crane and Professor Hollis are discussing what they should do about the radioactive volcano on the island]  There's a first time for everything. We've got to try to blow out a volcano before it blows itself out.

  Dr. Hollis : Blow it out?

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : You know, the way you try to blow out an oil fire, only on a much bigger scale.

  Dr. Hollis : It can't be done. A volcano is not an oil well fire, Admiral.

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : I know that, but we're hoping the the radioactivity inside the volcano will blow itself out, if we trigger it with our devices.

  Dr. Hollis : What difference does it make if the volcano blows itself or you blow it out?

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : We're not going to blow it out, we're gonna blow it in.

  [He picks up the communication handset] 

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : Missile room, prepare torpedoes tubes 1, 2, 3, and 4 for firing. Implosion warheads, set fuses for 0600.

  Dr. Hollis : What is an implosive warhead?

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : Well, it creates a vacuum by exploding inward, it creates an implosive chain reaction.

  Dr. Hollis : Has such a device ever been used on a volcano?

  Adm. Harriman Nelson : No, but there's nothing we can lose by trying.