Reserve Officer Raymond Quotes in Destination Tokyo (1943)

Capt. Cassidy: There was a democratic movement in Japan after the last war. What happened?

Reserve Officer Raymond: The leaders were assassinated.

Andy - Executive Officer: Well, what about the people?

Capt. Cassidy: They have no voice now. Starvation is the big stick, isn't it, Raymond?

Reserve Officer Raymond: That's right, sir. The big wage is seven dollars a week. They have no unions, no free press... nothing.

Capt. Cassidy: They do what they're told.

Reserve Officer Raymond: I'm afraid most of them believe what they're told - like that "hero" who knifed your torpedo man. They've been sold a swindle, and they accept it.

Andy - Executive Officer: But how can they support such big families on seven bucks a week?

Reserve Officer Raymond: They don't. Daughters of the poor are often sold to factories, or... worse - when they're about 12.

Capt. Cassidy: Females are useful there only to work or to have children. The Japs don't understand the love we have for our women. They don't even have a word for it in their language.

Reserve Officer Raymond: [during a depth charge attack] Captain, I'm no good.

Capt. Cassidy: Why's that?

Reserve Officer Raymond: I'm scared stiff.

Capt. Cassidy: How do you think the rest of us feel?

Reserve Officer Raymond: You're not scared. I've looked at your faces.

Capt. Cassidy: I've looked at yours, too. It's the same as the others.

Reserve Officer Raymond: You're scared?

Capt. Cassidy: I'll say I am. And so is everybody else.

Reserve Officer Raymond: [Just having come aboard the 'Copperfin'] Uh... How do I get below, sir? I... I've never been aboard a submarine before.

Capt. Cassidy: [Slightly bemused, as he points to the only obvious entry into the submarine] There's the hatch. It goes 'down.'

Reserve Officer Raymond: How'd you happen to volunteer for the submarine service, Captain?

Capt. Cassidy: [Coyly] Well, when I was a kid, I used to get a kick outta' swimming underwater.