The Satan Bug (1965)

[last lines]
Lee Barrett: I'll be setting down at LAX, tell the boys to be on the lookout for me, I'm a little rusty at these things.
Gen. Williams: We'll meet you there Lee, take it nice and easy and for God's sake make a good landing.
Lee Barrett: I'll put down safely, and I'll give you the flask, and we're right back where we started.

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[first lines]
Agent Reagan: [getting out of helicopter] Thanks.
Helicopter pilot: Yes sir.
Agent Reagan: See you.

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Eric Cavanaugh: How come you get a telegram here?
Lee Barrett: Magic.
Eric Cavanaugh: I'd certainly like to know what it says.
Lee Barrett: I'll bet you would.

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Though it follows the general plot rather closely, there are a number of differences between this adaptation and the original novel by Alistair MacLean. Notably among them, in the novel the action is set in the UK, Sation Three is called the Mordon Microbiological Research Establishment, George Maharis' character is called Pierre Cavell and Anne Francis' character is called Mary and is actually married to George Maharis' character.
In his memoirs, Charlton Heston says he was asked to play the lead.
William A. Wellman was offered Gen. Williams.
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