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Doctor Dickson: If I may speak, sir, I would like to protest the counsel's twisting of words. There's a big difference between real mental illness and minor mental disturbances.
Barney Greenwald: Let me put it this way, doctor: could Captain Queeg have been disabled by the severe stain of command?
Doctor Dickson: That's absurdly hypothetical.
Barney Greenwald: Is it? Have you ever had any sea duty, doctor?
Doctor Dickson: No.
Barney Greenwald: Have you ever been at sea?
Doctor Dickson: No.
Barney Greenwald: How long have you been in the Navy?
Doctor Dickson: Five months.
Barney Greenwald: Have you ever had any dealings with ship's captains before this case?
Doctor Dickson: No.
Barney Greenwald: Then I suggest that you cannot set yourself up as an authority on the strain of command, and thus you may be completely wrong about Captain Queeg.
[to the prosecutor]
Barney Greenwald: Your witness.
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Captain Queeg: [after bawling out Ensign Keith] Willie?
Lt. Keith: Sir?
Captain Queeg: You look worried. Oh, I know that a man's shirt is a petty detail, but big things are made up of details. Don't forget: for want of a nail a horseshoe was lost, then the whole battle. A captain's job is a lonely one. He's easily misunderstood. Forget that I bawled you out. It was for the good of morale of all concerned. Okay?
Lt. Keith: [cheering up] Yes, sir.
Tom Tully
Tom Tully is an actor whose representative works include "Hijack", " Charley Varrick " and so on.
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