Captain Davenport Quotes in The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Captain Davenport Quotes:
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[Jack Ryan, in US Navy Commander uniform, exits after meeting the Admiral and Captain of the carrier]
Admiral Josh Painter: You think he's crazy?
Captain Davenport: Certifiable. And no matter what his credentials, I don't care for him wearing the uniform.
Admiral Josh Painter: You see that ring on his finger? The Academy, Class of '72. A Marine.
Captain Davenport: You're kidding! How did you...
Admiral Josh Painter: Greer told me. Summer of his third year, he and his squad went down in a chopper accident in the Med. Bad - pilot, crew killed. That kid spent ten months in traction, another year learning to walk again. Did his fourth year from the hospital. Now it's up to you, Charlie, but you might consider cuttin' the kid a little slack.
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Captain Davenport: They're pinging away with their active sonar like they're looking for something, but nobody's listening.
Jack Ryan: What do you mean?
Captain Davenport: Well, they're moving at almost forty knots. At that speed, they could run right over my daughter's stereo and not hear it.
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Captain Davenport: What's he going to do, sail into New York, pop the hatch, and say "Here I am"?
Jack Ryan: It might be just that simple, yes.
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Private Wilkie: Is it true, sir, that when they found him, his stripes and insignia were still on the uniform?
Captain Davenport: Yes.
Private Wilkie: Something's wrong, ain't it, sir? I mean, those Klan boys, they can't stand to see us in these uniforms. They usually take the stripes and stuff off before they lynch us.
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Corporal Ellis: I've been driving this jeep for six months, sir. Only turned over twice.
Captain Davenport: Twice?
Corporal Ellis: Yes sir.
Captain Davenport: Good.
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Captain Davenport: Lets go see Sgt. Washington, drive.
Corporal Ellis: Didn't go to well in there sir?
Captain Davenport: You gotta hearing problem colonel?
Corporal Ellis: No sir, I was born with big ears sir, my grandma had big ears, it runs in the family.
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Private First Class Peterson: I didn't kill much. Some things need gettin' rid of. Man like Waters never did nobody no good anyway, Captain.
Captain Davenport: Who gave you the right to judge? To decide who is fit to be a negro, and who is not? Who?
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[Last lines]
Captain Taylor: I guess I'll have to get used to Negroes with bars on their shoulders, Davenport. You know, being in charge.
Captain Davenport: Oh, you'll get used to it, Captain. You bet your ass on that. You'll get used to it.
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Characters on The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Jeffrey Pelt
- Adm. Painter
- Captain Ramius
- Ambassador Lysenko
- Capt. Bart Mancuso
- Capt. Vasili Borodin
- Admiral Josh Painter
- Andrei Bonovia
- Admiral James Greer
- Kamarov
- Yuri (Diving Officer)
- Lt. Cmdr. Thompson
- Seaman Jones
- Watson
- Beaumont
- Lieutenant Melekhin, Engineer - Red October
- Dr. Petrov
- Skip Tyler
- Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
- Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
- Poltical Officer Ivan Putin
- Bill Steiner
- Captain Tupolev
- Navigator C-2A
- Lieutenant Commander Mike Hewitt
- Red October Officer
- Russian midshipman
- Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas