Destination Tokyo (1943)
William Prince: Pills
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Quotes
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Tommy Adams : You ever want to be a real doctor, Pills?
Pills : Yeah... I was one of those college wise-guys who didn't know where he was going. Funny place to find out, on submarines.
Tommy Adams : What college did you go to?
Pills : California. Only a year. Then I signed up. I had an "A" in chemistry... so they made me a Pharmacists Mate.
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Sparks : [over the 1MC] The Captain has given permission to pick up the San Francisco newscast.
Pills : [on the 1MC, disguising his voice] This broadcast is brought to you by the Friendly Credit Company. The Friendly Credit Company trusts you. Any amount from $25 to $1,000. And so, Christmas Day is bright on all fronts. Here at home, police are continuing with a manhunt for a sailor wanted in the Bay Area on several counts. The women making the complaints insist on prosecution. The sailor was last seen boarding a United States submarine at Mare Island. The sailor is known with the girls only as 'Wolf.'
[Wolf spews his coffee all over a mess table]
Mike Conners : Well, Wolfie!
Wolf : Shut up.
[heads for the radio shack]
Pills : However, the Wolf's shipmates volunteered information to the police, enough to send him up for 1,042 years. The Wolf has been described as a body of man entirely surrounded by women. He's...
Wolf : TERRIFIC!
Pills : Terrific...!
[trails off as he realizes Wolf is standing behind him]
Pills : It's just a gag, Wolfie, just a gag.