Crack in the World (1965)
Todd Martin: Simpson
Quotes
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[Rampion is revived after being pulled unconscious from a volcanic vent]
Simpson : How do you feel?
Dr. Ted Rampion : Medium rare.
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Dr. Ted Rampion : If we can start Tucamoa erupting before the crack gets there, we stand a chance of stopping it.
Simpson : Yeah, but how do you start up a volcano?
Dr. Ted Rampion : [pause] With a nuclear bomb.
Simpson : Another bomb?
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[Rampion and Steele are lowering a concrete-encased atomic bomb through a twisted volcanic chimney, stopped at the last ledge above a chamber of molten lava]
Dr. Ted Rampion : OK Steele, let's push it.
[bomb doesn't move]
Steele : It's hung up. I'll go down and free it.
[to crane]
Steele : Lower me five feet.
[Steele gets under bomb and works to free it. As it starts to dislodge, his support cable becomes wedged between the ledge and the bomb casing]
Dr. Ted Rampion : [noticing Steele's cable] Don't cross over, Steele! Stay on your own si-
[cable fails]
Dr. Ted Rampion : STEELE!
[Steele screams as he falls headlong into the molten lava, disappearing in a flash of flame]
Dr. Ted Rampion : [softly] Oh my god.
Simpson : His cable snapped!
Dr. Ted Rampion : Steele's gone.