The Gypsy Moths (1969)
William Windom: V. John Brandon
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Quotes
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V. John Brandon : What I don't understand is, why you do this thing at all.
Joe Browdy : To me, it's a business.
V. John Brandon : And you, Mr. Rettig? What's it to you? If you don't mind my asking.
Mike Rettig : I had a friend in the Army, a sergeant, a parachutist for about twenty years. He used to say that jumping was not only a way to live, but also a way to die. Damn few things are.
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[last lines]
Elizabeth Brandon : [about Mike] He wanted me to go with him.
V. John Brandon : Did he?
Elizabeth Brandon : [long pause] The thought terrified me.
V. John Brandon : And me...
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V. John Brandon : We have a college. We have a college and a missile base - typical little American town.
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V. John Brandon : Pays well, then, this sort of thing?
Joe Browdy : If we make it interesting enough.
Elizabeth Brandon : Oh? How do you do that?
Joe Browdy : Make it interesting?
Elizabeth Brandon : Yes, I mean, I shouldn't think you'd have to do anything in particular to make it more interesting than it is to begin with.
Mike Rettig : What Browdy means is the closer we come to the ground - the more interesting it is for the customers. And for us too, of course.
Elizabeth Brandon : [pause] How terrifying.
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V. John Brandon : Are you a religious man, Mr. Browdy?
Joe Browdy : What's religion have to do with it?
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V. John Brandon : "He is at liberty to die, who does not wish to live."
Mike Rettig : Do you believe that?
Joe Browdy : That's dead wrong.