The Red Machine (2009)
Lee Perkins: F. Ellis Coburn
Quotes
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F. Ellis Coburn : It's a capital offense, you know.
Eddie Doyle : What?
F. Ellis Coburn : What we're doing. It's espionage. If they catch us, the Japanese have every right to ship us back to Tokyo and have us executed.
Eddie Doyle : You never told me that.
F. Ellis Coburn : Didn't I?
Eddie Doyle : No. I would have remembered that.
F. Ellis Coburn : It's true.
Eddie Doyle : You're just saying that to try and cheer me up.
F. Ellis Coburn : It might not make the Denver Post, but it's one hell of an accomplishment.
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F. Ellis Coburn : The night of the mission, sir, we need Shimada out.
Admiral Byron McAdams : A diversion.
F. Ellis Coburn : Yes, sir.
Admiral Byron McAdams : [to Petrie] Arrange a dinner, my place.
[to Coburn]
Admiral Byron McAdams : Thursday, you said?
F. Ellis Coburn : Yes, sir, it's the Chu...
Harrison Llewelyn Petrie : [interrupting] It is the Chugen holiday, sir.
F. Ellis Coburn : That's correct, sir. Shimada would feel obligated to attend.
Admiral Byron McAdams : Petrie, make it happen. Invitations...
Harrison Llewelyn Petrie : Yes, sir. Embossed, sir?
Admiral Byron McAdams : No. Crayons. What do you think we are, the goddamned Army? Of course, embossed! Gold leaf, the whole bit.
Harrison Llewelyn Petrie : Aye-aye, sir!