Titanic (1953)

Richard Basehart: George Healey

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Quotes 

• Stoker : Don't go in there, sir. The starboard boiler's gone and the port one's about to go.

  Rev. Headley : Are there men in there?

  Stoker : A few, pinned under the rig. For God's sake mister, don't go in there.

  Rev. Headley : For God's sake, I am going in there.

• Rev. Headley : [after Julia has escorted the inebriated Rev. Headley back to his cabin]  I want to thank you for not mentioning my strange luggage.

  Julia Sturges : Are you a minister?

  Rev. Headley : Priest. Or, rather, I was until last week. At three o'clock on April the eighth, my duties, my privileges, as a servant of God were formally terminated. It was this.

  [indicating a bottle] 

  Rev. Headley : You know why I started, at least the reason I gave myself? A priest in a slum parish knows all the sadness of the world. He needs support. I used to lean on a little Hennessey's. Just a little at first. People said, "Well, that's only natural. Young Father has a bad cold." But it got so I used to have those colds in the middle of July. Lots of 'em. I can hear the bishop's voice now: "You prefer that stuff to your God?" Well, God and I knew better, but I couldn't stop because I had a private devil all my own. In Rome, they were very kind, but they were very final. I was sacked, and prayed for, and sent off in the morning. How do you cover that in ten words, in a wireless, to a family that loved you and sacrificed for you?

  [pause] 

  Rev. Headley : You see, my dear lady, you're not the only one who walks in trouble.

  Julia Sturges : [after a pause, understandingly]  Good night.