“Mr. Haverstock, I want a talk with you.” – Captain John Mark, Foreign Correspondent ... Movie Quotes Database

Captain John Mark

Mr. Haverstock, I want a talk with you.

John Jones

Yes sir?

Captain John Mark

I just found out you're a newspaperman.

John Jones

I guess that's right.

Captain John Mark

Oh, it is, eh? Why didn't you tell me that when I questioned you? You lied to me, sir!

John Jones

My dear captain, when you've been shot down in a British plane by a German destroyer, 300 miles off the coast of England, latitude 45, and have been hanging on to a half-submerged wing for hours, waiting to drown, with half a dozen other stricken human beings, you're liable to forget you're a newspaperman for a moment or two!

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