A Night to Remember (1958)

Arthur Gross: Quartermaster Robert Hitchens

Quotes 

• Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : [looks around Lifeboat 6 as it's being lowered]  Hey, we've only got one sailor with us. That's not enough to manage this boat.

  [calls up to the Boat Deck as other women look around and confirm her observation] 

  Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : Hold it there.

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : [to seamen at falls]  Stop lowering.

  [calls down to the lifeboat] 

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : What's the matter?

  Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : Hey son. We only got one sailor in this boat!

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : [looks around Boat Deck for any available seamen]  Are there any spare hands here?

  Maj. Arthur Peuchen : [looks around, notices there are no seamen around, and steps forward]  I'll go, if you like.

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : Are you a sailor?

  Maj. Arthur Peuchen : I'm a yachtsman.

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : [Indicates lowering ropes for the boat]  If you're seaman enough to slip down that lifeline, you can go.

  [shouts down to the lifeboat] 

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : Below.

  Quartermaster Robert Hitchens : Sir.

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : Let's have that line.

  [the lifeline is swung towards the side of the ship. Lightoller grabs it after a couple of tries and holds it for Peuchen] 

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : Right. Good luck.

  [Peuchen grabs the line and swings out over the edge. Lightoller watches as he lowers himself down the rope and safely into the boat. Once he's in safely, Lightoller addresses the seamen at the falls] 

  Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller : Lower away together.

• Quartermaster Robert Hitchens : We got no water, no compass, no charts.

  Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : Oh, shut up.

• Lookout Frederick Fleet : [spots iceberg, rings warning bell and picks up bridge phone] 

  Sixth Officer James Moody : [picks up receiver on bridge]  What did you see?

  Lookout Frederick Fleet : Iceberg dead ahead, sir.

  Sixth Officer James Moody : [repeats to Murdoch]  Iceberg dead ahead, sir.

  First Officer William Murdoch : [looks out bridge window, sees the berg and calls into the wheelhouse speaker]  Hard-a-starboard.

  Quartermaster Robert Hitchens : [repeats order as he turns wheel]  Hard-a-starboard, sir.

  First Officer William Murdoch : [to Moody]  Full-astern both.

  Sixth Officer James Moody : [repeats as he pulls the engine-room telegraph handles to full-speed astern]  Full-astern both, sir.

  First Officer William Murdoch : [looks out window again, then turns to other Seaman on the bridge]  Close watertight doors.

  Seaman : [repeats order and moves to watertight door control switches]  Close watertight doors, sir.

  Quartermaster Robert Hitchens : [calls from wheelhouse]  Hard-a-starboard it is, sir.

• Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : What was that?

  Quartermaster Robert Hitchens : A falling star, a flash of lightning.

  Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown : Lightning, my foot! That was a rocket!