Crash Landing (1958)

Gary Merrill: Capt. Steve Williams

Quotes 

• Teddy Burton : What about my dog? Are we gonna have to leave Wilbur?

  Phil Burton : As soon as we get home, I'll get you another one, Teddy.

  Teddy Burton : I don't want another one. I want Wilbur.

  Capt. Steve Williams : Look, Teddy, if you're going to grow up to fly jet planes, you're going to have to learn about emergencies. Now suppose you were in command of a planetary rocket and something went wrong and saving an animal's life meant sacrificing a person. You'd give up the animal wouldn't you, even if it was yours?

  Teddy Burton : I guess so. Can I go see him?

  Capt. Steve Williams : Look, Teddy, your dog is back beyond the lounge, now if you went back there and something happened and we had to ditch before we expect to, your father would go back to get you, that'd worry your mother, now you don't want to upset them at a time like this, do you?

  Teddy Burton : No, I guess not. But he'll think I'm a deserter; that I didn't even think of him.

  Capt. Steve Williams : I think we can fix it so that he won't.

  Teddy Burton : How?

  Capt. Steve Williams : Well, if you let me take your hat, I'll take it back and put it in the box next to him. He'll know it's yours and he'll know you're thinking about him. And that will make him feel better, right?

  Teddy Burton : Would you do that? Would you really?

  Capt. Steve Williams : Yes, sure. Well now that we've got that stowed, why don't you help your mother and father take your little brother to the forward section.

  Teddy Burton : Okay.

  [Teddy, his mother and the baby move away] 

  Phil Burton : And you asked me how a father gets along with his son!