The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Anthony Peck: Lt. Comm. Thompson - USS Dallas

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• Capt. Bart Mancuso : All back full.

  Lt. Cmdr. Thompson : Captain...

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : I said, all back full!

  Lt. Cmdr. Thompson : Back full, aye.

  [the Dallas reverses, churning the water] 

  Seaman Jones : Captain, we're cavitating, he can hear us!

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Conn, aye. All right, Ryan, we just unzipped our fly. Mr. Thompson! Open the outer doors, firing point procedures. Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm going to blow him straight to Mars.

• [USS Dallas is being chased by a torpedo, heading towards the surface] 

  Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas : Come on, Big D. Fly!

• Jack Ryan : I understand that message. It makes perfect sense. Look at the situation: Ramius intends to defect. The Russians know this, which is why they've been trying to sink him for the past two days, but they haven't been able to. So they're trying...

  Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas : Captain, I've got a firing solution.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Very well.

  Jack Ryan : Captain, you have to listen to me. The Russians will stop at nothing to prevent Ramius from defecting. They are desperate. They've invented this story that he's crazy because they need our help to sink him before he can safely contact us.

• Seaman Jones : Conn, sonar. Target's flooded his tubes.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Has he opened his outer doors?

  Seaman Jones : Negative, Captain. He's just sitting there. Hold on. Hull popping. Target's coming shallow.

  Jack Ryan : What's that mean?

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : That means he's a very cool customer, your Russian. He knows we're here and we're ready to shoot. He's not gonna provoke us. He's heading to periscope depth to see what's on the surface. What's his course now?

  Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas : Course is 2-7-0, Captain, due west.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Bring us alongside him.

• Capt. Bart Mancuso : [preparing to transfer Jack to the Dallas from a helictoper]  You ever do this before?

  Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas : Once, on a calm day. Off the wire.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Yeah, with no reference point, the pilot'll have a hell of a time keeping him steady. Don't take chances getting grounded. Keep that rod in front of you. Air like this, the rotors'll be putting out enough static electricity to light up Chicago.

  Lieutenant Commander Thompson - USS Dallas : Why I joined the Navy. I got a diver in the escape trunk in case this guy goes in the drink.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : We may need him. Somebody must really have a burr up his ass to go for a stunt like this.