Chain Lightning (1950)

Humphrey Bogart: Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan

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• Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : [after helping her out of a badly damaged plane that she brought in for a rough landing]  Are you all right?

  Pilot : I guess I hit the brakes too hard.

  Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : Yeah... yeah, I see what you mean.

  Pilot : I'll do better tomorrow.

  Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : There isn't gonna' be any tomorrow. You just put the Brennan School of Aviation out of business.

  Pilot : I'm sorry.

  Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : Forget it.

• [Matt Brennan is doing test trials in the air] 

  Leland Willis : Brennan, do you hear? Bring that plane down or you'll never fly again.

  Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : How do you want it Willis, the easy way or the hard way?

  Leland Willis : I don't want any more tests. Understand Brennan? No more tests.

  Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan : OK Willis, the hard way.

  [Matt pulls the microphone plug out and puts the jet into a climb]