Airplane! (1980)
Lloyd Bridges: Steve McCroskey
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Quotes
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Steve McCroskey : Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
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Steve McCroskey : Johnny, what can you make out of this?
[Hands him the weather briefing]
Johnny : This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl...
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Steve McCroskey : Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
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Steve McCroskey : Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
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Steve McCroskey : Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
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[reading newspaper headlines]
Rex Kramer : Passengers certain to die!
Steve McCroskey : Airline negligent.
Johnny : There's a sale at Penney's!
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Ted Striker : Mayday! Mayday!
Steve McCroskey : What the heck is that?
Johnny : Why, that's the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d'oeuvres...
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Rex Kramer : Steve, I want every light you can get poured onto that field.
Steve McCroskey : Bein' done right now.
[On the runway, a truck dumps a full load of lamps onto the ground]
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Steve McCroskey : Gunderson, check the Radar Range. Anything yet?
Gunderson : [gets up and opens the door of the Radar Range microwave, which is roasting a turkey] About two more minutes, chief.
Steve McCroskey : Two more minutes? They could be miles off course!
Rex Kramer : That's impossible. They're on instruments!
[cuts to the cockpit, where Striker, Elaine, Randy and Rumack are all playing musical instruments]
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Steve McCroskey : [to Mrs. Oveur] Now your husband and the others are alive, but unconscious.
Johnny : Just like Gerald Ford.
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Steve McCroskey : [seeing airplane from tower] It's coming right at us!
[he then jumps out of a window]
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Steve McCroskey : I need the best man on this. Someone who knows that plane inside and out and won't crack under pressure.
Johnny : How about Mister Rogers?
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Steve McCroskey : [talking to Rex Kramer] Ease off, Rex. He hasn't flown for years; it's not his fault. It could happen to any pilot.
Johnny : It happened to Barbara Stanwyck.
Steve McCroskey : Can't push him too hard; he might break. You gotta remember who you're dealing with.
Johnny : Nick! Heath! Jared! There's a fire in the barn!
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Elaine Dickinson : Oh, my God! The automatic pilot! It's deflating!
Steve McCroskey : Now, Elaine, don't panic. On the belt line of the automatic pilot there is a hollow tube. Now that is the manual inflation nozzle. Pull it out - and blow on it.
