Three Days of the Condor (1975)

John Houseman: Mr. Wabash

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• [Wabash talks about his entry into the US intelligence field] 

  Mr. Wabash : I go even further back than that. Ten years after The Great War, as we used to call it. Before we knew enough to number them.

  Higgins : You miss that kind of action, sir?

  Mr. Wabash : No, I miss that kind of clarity.

• Mr. Wabash : Don't expect too many mistakes from this man. He does seem rather more interesting than just another of our reader/researchers. For example, has he gone into business for himself? Was he turned around? Does someone operate him? Homosexual? Broke? Vulnerable? Could he be a soldier of fortune? Did he arrange the hit? Is that why he's still in flight? Still, he *may* be an innocent. But then, why didn't he come in - gently?

• Mr. Wabash : Let's not become conspicuous. If company agents aren't enough, use freelance. Use whatever it requires, but end it.

• Higgins : You served with Col. Donovan in the OSS, didn't you, sir?

  Mr. Wabash : I sailed the Adriatic with a movie star at the helm. It doesn't seem like much of a war now, but it was.

• Higgins : Two years military service. Signal Corps. Telephone lineman, long lines, switchboard maintenance - six months overseas. Separated 9/61. Worked at Bell Labs Communication Research. College on the G.I. bill.

  Mr. Wabash : The question was, Mr. Higgins, is he qualified with a handgun?

  Higgins : No handgun, sir.