Destination Tokyo (1943)

William Prince: Pills

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• Tommy Adams : You ever want to be a real doctor, Pills?

  Pills : Yeah... I was one of those college wise-guys who didn't know where he was going. Funny place to find out, on submarines.

  Tommy Adams : What college did you go to?

  Pills : California. Only a year. Then I signed up. I had an "A" in chemistry... so they made me a Pharmacists Mate.

• Sailor : Pills, do you think prayers do any good?

  Pills : Yes, they do. I *know* they do.

• Sparks : [over the 1MC]  The Captain has given permission to pick up the San Francisco newscast.

  Pills : [on the 1MC, disguising his voice]  This broadcast is brought to you by the Friendly Credit Company. The Friendly Credit Company trusts you. Any amount from $25 to $1,000. And so, Christmas Day is bright on all fronts. Here at home, police are continuing with a manhunt for a sailor wanted in the Bay Area on several counts. The women making the complaints insist on prosecution. The sailor was last seen boarding a United States submarine at Mare Island. The sailor is known with the girls only as 'Wolf.'

  [Wolf spews his coffee all over a mess table] 

  Mike Conners : Well, Wolfie!

  Wolf : Shut up.

  [heads for the radio shack] 

  Pills : However, the Wolf's shipmates volunteered information to the police, enough to send him up for 1,042 years. The Wolf has been described as a body of man entirely surrounded by women. He's...

  Wolf : TERRIFIC!

  Pills : Terrific...!

  [trails off as he realizes Wolf is standing behind him] 

  Pills : It's just a gag, Wolfie, just a gag.