The Blob (1958)

Earl Rowe: Lt. Dave

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• [last lines] 

  Lieutenant Dave : At least we've got it stopped.

  Steve Andrews : Yeah, as long as the Arctic stays cold.

• Steve Andrews : [trying to get everybody's attention]  Listen, now listen to me, everybody, this town is in danger. Now, several people have been killed already! Now we - we had to make this noise so you would listen to us, so we could warn you!

  Man : If we're in trouble, where're the police?

  Sgt. Jim Bert : [sees Steve]  You, boy, this time you really hanged yourself.

  Steve Andrews : Now, look, Sarge. Just give me a chance to talk to them, that's all.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : I don't know what kind of stunt it is you're pulling here, but whatever it is, it's going to stop right now!

  Officer Ritchie : Here comes Dave!

  Lieutenant Dave : What's going on here, Jim? Steve!

  Steve Andrews : Dave, make them listen to me. There IS a monster! We saw it again at dad's store, and it's bigger now!

  Sgt. Jim Bert : Your story's gotten bigger now, kid.

  Steve Andrews : Dave, look at me! Do I look like somebody's playing a practical joke? Am I laughing, or am I scared stiff?

  Lieutenant Dave : He's telling the truth.

• Lieutenant Dave : Just because some kid smacks into your wife on the turnpike doesn't make it a crime to be 17 years old.

• [On the radio to Washington] 

  Lieutenant Dave : I think you should send us the biggest transport plane you have, and take this thing to the Arctic or somewhere and drop it where it will never thaw.

• Sgt. Jim Bert : [comes out of the market where Steve told everyone the Blob was]  There's nobody in here but us monsters...

  Steve Andrews : [a screaming crowd comes running around the corner]  Dave! It's at the theater!

  Lieutenant Dave : [runs into the theater with a shotgun; after firing three shots, retreats as Jim prepares to go in]  Don't go in, Jim! This won't do any good! It's the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life. Come on, we've got to clear this area!

• Lieutenant Dave : [finds Doc Hallen's office in shambles, finds a shotgun]  This has been fired, but I haven't seen any shot marks around anyplace.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : [to Steve]  Let me tell you what happened kid. You and whoever else you're in this with decided you'd pull one over on the police department. So you bust in here when the doc's not around, smash the place up...

  Lieutenant Dave : Hold on, Jim, the kids couldn't have done this. You saw for yourself, the window was locked from the inside, and so was the door.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : They rigged it with a piece of string to lock from the outside to make us look silly.

  Jane Martin : I think you're doing a good job of that all by yourself, Sergeant.

• Steve Andrews : Dave! Doc Hallen's been killed!

  Lieutenant Dave : Doc Hallen? What happened?

  Steve Andrews : It's over at his place! You've gotta come now!

  Lieutenant Dave : Now wait a minute, Steve. Tell us what happened.

  Steve Andrews : I'm trying to tell you - now this thing has killed the Doc.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : Well what was it? Out with it, kid!

  Steve Andrews : Well it's kind of a - kind of a mass. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.

  Lieutenant Dave : Come on, Steve, make sense.

  Steve Andrews : I know, I know! Look, Dave, you gotta see this thing to believe what I'm telling you.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : Maybe this thing you saw was a - monster?

  Steve Andrews : Yeah, maybe it was. I don't know.

  Lieutenant Dave : Hold on, Jim. Now what is this, Steve? A little while ago it was driving backwards, now it's monsters.

  Jane Martin : He's not making it up, Dave, honest!

  Steve Andrews : Dave, I'm not kidding you. I swear, come out to the Doc's. You can see it for yourself.

  Sgt. Jim Bert : You're crazy if you go. Can't you see it's a gag?

  Lieutenant Dave : He says Doc Hallen's dead, Jim. We've got to check it out.

• Lieutenant Dave : Mrs. Porter, did you hear any gunshots tonight?

  Mrs. Porter : I sure did, tonight and every other night. The people downstairs have them old movies on their televisions. There's always some shooting or screaming.

• Fire Chief : [after a failed attempt to kill the Blob]  The diner's on fire.

  Lieutenant Dave : Well, can we put it out?

  Fire Chief : Any suggestions how? Anyway, there's not enough oxygen in there to keep a fire burning for 10 minutes.