South Pacific (1958)
John Kerr: Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
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Quotes
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Bloody Mary : [the ancient Mary is looking him up and down] Lieu-tellen, you sexy man.
Lt. Cable : Thanks... You're looking pretty... er, fit yourself.
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Lt. Cable : [Cable has been told that Nellie is in love with Emile] That's hard to believe, sir; they tell me he's a middle-aged man.
Capt. George Brackett : [fuming] Cable, it is a common mistake for boys of your age and athletic ability to underestimate men who have reached their maturity. Young women frequently find older men attractive, strange as it may seem. I myself am over fifty. I am a bachelor. And Cable, I do not, by any means, consider myself th-r-rough.
[to Harbison, who is trying not to laugh]
Capt. George Brackett : What's the matter, Bill?
Cmdr. Bill Harbison : Nothing - -evidently!
[He bursts out laughing]
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Lt. Buzz Adams : You gotta do something to break the monotony out here, Lieutenant. You know, if this war ever really gets started ...
Lt. Cable : [as if he knew something that Buzz Adams does not] It'll get started.
Lt. Buzz Adams : [taken by surprise] Sure - sure, it'll get started.
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Lt. Cable : He's kept a few secrets from her, hasn't he?
Capt. George Brackett : Well, you don't spring a couple of Polynesian kids on a woman right off the bat.
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Cmdr. Bill Harbison : I'm afraid we aren't going to get much out of her. She's obviously in love with him.
Lt. Cable : Oh, that's hard to believe, sir. They tell me he's a middle-aged man.
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Emile de Becque : What makes her talk like that - you and she? I do not believe it is born in you! I do not believe it!
Lt. Cable : It's not born in you - it happens after you're born!