It's Alive (1974)

Robert Emhardt: The Executive

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• The Executive : How long has she been taking birth control pills before this pregnancy?

  The Doctor : Thirty-one months.

  The Executive : You realize that I came from the East specifically for this matter. I realize that it is a police problem. But once the thing is killed, it becomes a medical problem. Now, uh... you are in charge of that department, no doubt?

  The Doctor : Yes, I suppose so.

  The Executive : Now, nobody knows how this thing happened? It's really a matter of speculation, and I think perhaps that's for the best. After all, if we find out the cause is medication that we manufacture and it was administered over a long period of time, it'd be bad for you and even worse for us. We're susceptible, you know, to... to lawsuits, and to think the government hadn't tested and approved of those products that we put out on the market...

  The Doctor : What do your interests recommend?

  The Executive : Absolute destruction of this thing.

  The Doctor : Well, we already signed over the remains to the university.

  The Executive : But if there was nothing left of it, you know we would be most grateful to you. You have had a very successful career before this freak incident. It could work out for the best. We have an opening on the board of our research and development department. Now, we wouldn't want people to lose faith in us, would we?