What a sweet old lady
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Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Hey, Tex. Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy:
Yeah? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Hot, ain't it? Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy:
Yeah. Hotter'n a Texas cattle call in August. Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
So you think it's hot, do ya? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Yeah. Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
How'd you like a nice tall glass of ice cold beer? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Beer! Strictly a middle class beverage. The last time I was back in Brooklyn, there was just such a night as this. We was havin' cocktails. My old lady brought 'em in, I took one taste, and boy what a kick. You know what she did? Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
What? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
She took 'em out and put in another slug of gin. [smiles] Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
What a sweet old lady
Hey, Tex. Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy:
Yeah? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Hot, ain't it? Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy:
Yeah. Hotter'n a Texas cattle call in August. Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
So you think it's hot, do ya? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Yeah. Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
How'd you like a nice tall glass of ice cold beer? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
Beer! Strictly a middle class beverage. The last time I was back in Brooklyn, there was just such a night as this. We was havin' cocktails. My old lady brought 'em in, I took one taste, and boy what a kick. You know what she did? Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone:
What? Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
She took 'em out and put in another slug of gin. [smiles] Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts:
What a sweet old lady
Full Transcript
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- Hot, ain't it?
- Yeah.
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Hotter than a Texas cattle car in August.
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- So you think it's hot, do you?
- Yeah.
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How would you like
a nice tall glass of ice-cold beer?
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Beer. Strictly a middle-class beverage.
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The last time I was in Brooklyn
it was just such a night as this.
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We was having cocktails.
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The old lady brought them in,
I took one taste, and boy, what a kick.
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- You know what she did?
- What?
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She took 'em out and
put in another slug of gin.
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- What a sweet old lady.
- Yeah.
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- Well, good night, Taxi.
- Good night.
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Yes, this has been a peaceful, lazy day of rest
almost everywhere on the ship.
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Despite the fact that tomorrow or the next day
we'll know where we're headed.
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Where possibly we may be wounded or die
on some Japanese beachhead.
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- What's going on?
- I don't know.
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Movie Summary
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Actors
Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy
