Them! (1954)

Joan Weldon: Dr. Patricia Medford

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• [last lines] 

  Robert Graham : Pat, if these monsters got started as a result of the first atomic bomb in 1945, what about all the others that have been exploded since then?

  Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : I don't know.

  Dr. Harold Medford : Nobody knows, Robert. When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What we'll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict.

• Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : [observing the tunnel walls]  Look! Held together with saliva!

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Yeah! Spit's all that's holding me together right now, too.

• Dr. Harold Medford : [over the helicopter headset]  Search Able to Search Baker.

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Say "Over."

  Dr. Harold Medford : Huh?

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Then say "Over."

  Dr. Harold Medford : "Over?"

  Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : Medford in Baker to Medford in Able: Go ahead, Dad. Over.

  Dr. Harold Medford : Have you found anything yet?

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Say "Over."

  Dr. Harold Medford : I just said it.

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : I know. Say it again.

  Dr. Harold Medford : Oh. "Over!"

  Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : Baker to Able: Not yet. We're about three quarters of the way across our sector. We're now at coordinates Charlie-Six. Over.

  Dr. Harold Medford : Well, don't pass up any possibilities. Let me know the moment you find ANYTHING.

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : If you're finished, say "Over and out."

  Dr. Harold Medford : But she KNOWS I'm through talking with her.

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : I know she does, Doctor. It's a rule, though. You gotta say it.

  Dr. Harold Medford : [irritated]  Ah...

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Isn't that right, General?

  Brig. Gen. Robert O'Brien : Right, Sergeant.

  Dr. Harold Medford : This is ridiculous! A lot of good your rules are gonna do us if we don't locate the...

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : [over the headset]  Over and out.

  Dr. Harold Medford : Oh, now you're happy.

• Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : [Looking at the walls of the gas saturated ant colony]  Look. Held together with saliva

  Police Sgt. Ben Peterson : Spit's the only thing holding me together!

• Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : Now destroy everything in here. Burn it.

  Robert Graham : What?

  Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford : I said "Burn it!" Burn EVERYTHING!