Edmund Gwenn
(as Capt. Albert Wiles)
Capt. Wiles:
[as he sees Sam Marlowe coming] Next thing you know they'll be televising the whole thing.
Edmund Gwenn
(as Capt. Albert Wiles)
Edmund Gwenn
(as Capt. Albert Wiles)
Capt. Wiles:
Coming home from Madagascar once we had a fireman on board who hit his head on a brick wall and died two days later.
Sam Marlowe: Where did he find a brick wall on board a ship?
Capt. Wiles: Mmmm... that's what we always wondered.
Sam Marlowe: Where did he find a brick wall on board a ship?
Capt. Wiles: Mmmm... that's what we always wondered.
John Forsythe
(as Sam Marlowe)
Capt. Wiles:
I fired three bullets. Three! One for the hunting sign, one for the tin can...
Sam Marlowe: ...and one for the little man who's lying in the grave.
Sam Marlowe: ...and one for the little man who's lying in the grave.
Shirley MacLaine
(as Jennifer Rogers)
Edmund Gwenn
(as Capt. Albert Wiles)
Jennifer Rogers:
I've never been to a home-made funeral before.
Capt. Wiles: I have... it's my third. All in one day...
Capt. Wiles: I have... it's my third. All in one day...
John Forsythe
(as Sam Marlowe)
[Discussing Jennifer's recently deceased husband Harry]
Jennifer Rogers: You can stuff him, for all I care. Stuff him and put him in a glass case, only I'd suggest frosted glass.
Sam Marlowe: What did he do to you? Besides marry you.
Jennifer Rogers: You can stuff him, for all I care. Stuff him and put him in a glass case, only I'd suggest frosted glass.
Sam Marlowe: What did he do to you? Besides marry you.
Shirley MacLaine
(as Jennifer Rogers)
[Referring to Harry Worp]
Jennifer Rogers: He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical.
Jennifer Rogers: He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical.
Mildred Natwick
(as Miss Ivy Gravely)
[Upon finding the Captain dragging a body along the ground]
Miss Graveley: What seems to be the trouble, Captain?
Miss Graveley: What seems to be the trouble, Captain?