Damn the Defiant! (1962)

Dirk Bogarde: Lieut. Scott-Padget

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• Lieut. Scott-Padget : [Scott-Padget turns back to the Captain as he begins to exit]  You may have the power of life and death over every man about this ship, sir, but I warn you: if we come through this voyage safely...

  Captain Crawford : [Crawford looks up from his work]  Yes? If?

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : To have followed Admiralty instructions may not be quite be enough.

  Captain Crawford : [Crawford smacks his desk, jumps up and approaches Scott-Padget]  I will say this to you only once, sir: I will not be bullied or threatened and I intend to be obeyed! Your friends in London mean nothing to me! I assure you that while you serve aboard this ship, they will mean absolutely nothing to you! You can go now.

• Lieut. Scott-Padget : What is your name?

  Wagstaffe : Wagstaffe. Percival Pallister Wagstaffe.

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : Wagstaffe? Are you by any chance related to Admiral Wagstaffe?

  Wagstaffe : Remotely, yes. He's a distant cousin.

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : But he would speak for you?

  Wagstaffe : Well, I'm quite sure that he...

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : Admiral Wagstaffe - how well do you know him?

  Wagstaffe : Intimately.

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : You visit his house?

  Wagstaffe : Oh, yes, often.

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : You claim that, do you? Do you also claim to be a mad-man? For to have constantly visited someone who does not exist?

  Wagstaffe : Not exist! Would I not know my own cousin?

  Lieut. Scott-Padget : I invented him a moment ago.

• Lieut. Scott-Padget : Ship's company ready to witness punishment, sir.