Gregory Peck
(as David)
Crawford Gilcuttie:
I'm tired of you, David. Just give me the formula and get the hell out of here...!
David Stillwell: What's the matter, Major? You seem nervous!
Crawford Gilcuttie: ...Why should I be?
David Stillwell: That's what I want to know...
[David looks around at the others]
David Stillwell: Josephson?
Josephson: Hm?
David Stillwell: Is that who you're worried about?
Josephson: Why should he be worried about me?
David Stillwell: Because I'm not on the hook anymore. You are.
Josephson: Why?
David Stillwell: Because you've got the gun!
David Stillwell: What's the matter, Major? You seem nervous!
Crawford Gilcuttie: ...Why should I be?
David Stillwell: That's what I want to know...
[David looks around at the others]
David Stillwell: Josephson?
Josephson: Hm?
David Stillwell: Is that who you're worried about?
Josephson: Why should he be worried about me?
David Stillwell: Because I'm not on the hook anymore. You are.
Josephson: Why?
David Stillwell: Because you've got the gun!
Gregory Peck
(as David)
David Stillwell:
[to Casselle] Wouldn't it be hilarious if it turned out you actually knew what you were doing?
Gregory Peck
(as David)
David Stillwell:
What about your secretary? Don't you want to leave a note or something?
Ted Caselle: I will tell the truth. I don't have a secretary and there is no partner. As a matter of fact, you are my first case.
David Stillwell: [sarcastically] Terrific.
Ted Caselle: I will tell the truth. I don't have a secretary and there is no partner. As a matter of fact, you are my first case.
David Stillwell: [sarcastically] Terrific.
Jack Weston
(as Lester)
Lester:
[Referring to the TV] They got wrestling coming in from Chicago. I know it's supposed to be fixed, but so's everything else.
David Stillwell: Why don't you just take the set?
Lester: Eh, now that all the Westerns have gone psycho, this is the only place where you can tell who the bad guys are.
David Stillwell: Why don't you just take the set?
Lester: Eh, now that all the Westerns have gone psycho, this is the only place where you can tell who the bad guys are.
Diane Baker
(as Shela)
Robert H. Harris
(as Dr. Broden)
Dr. Broden:
But whatever that horrible thing that happened... I don't want to know about it!
David Stillwell: Broden, there's no doubt you're a brilliant scientist... But you're not much of a doctor, or of a human being, either.
Dr. Broden: [to himself, after David leaves] God knows.
David Stillwell: Broden, there's no doubt you're a brilliant scientist... But you're not much of a doctor, or of a human being, either.
Dr. Broden: [to himself, after David leaves] God knows.
Gregory Peck
(as David)
Ted Caselle:
My secretary is out to lunch, my partner is out in a case. My name is Caselle. Who recommended you, Mr....?
David Stillwell: Stillwell. David Stillwell. I saw the sign.
David Stillwell: Stillwell. David Stillwell. I saw the sign.
Walter Matthau
(as Ted Caselle)
Ted Caselle:
What can I do for you?
David Stillwell: To open it, you can find who I am.
Ted Caselle: Sure; you are David Stillwell. That will be... hmm, ten bucks!
David Stillwell: To open it, you can find who I am.
Ted Caselle: Sure; you are David Stillwell. That will be... hmm, ten bucks!
Gregory Peck
(as David)
[Josephson is considering whether to side with David or the Major]
David Stillwell: Dammit, Josephson, commit! If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space!
David Stillwell: Dammit, Josephson, commit! If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space!
Gregory Peck
(as David)
[Talking about the Major]
David Stillwell: Those people aren't even ants to him! They're articles of commerce! And I'm the cost accountant, trying to cut down his overhead with what you and he call "progress"!
David Stillwell: Those people aren't even ants to him! They're articles of commerce! And I'm the cost accountant, trying to cut down his overhead with what you and he call "progress"!
