Operation Petticoat (1959)
Arthur O'Connell: Chief Machinist Mate Sam Tostin
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Quotes
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : I'm a religious man, Captain, and I believe we'll get through if the Good Lord puts His mind to it. Of course, He'll have to give us His undivided attention
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : A woman just shouldn't mess around with a man's machinery.
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman : Molumphry, will this boat go down?
Chief Molumphry : Like a rock sir.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman : Mr. Watson, how are the plates?
Lt. Watson : Tight as a drum sir.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman : And the engines, Tostin?
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Factory fresh, sir.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman : Well how about it?
Capt. J.B. Henderson : I say take your thieves and these liars here and get the hell out. Oh there's one stipulation, you'll engage no enemy shipping and that includes lifeboats. Even if you see one of them swimming in the water, avoid him. He might kick a hole in your side. Good luck Matt.
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : [addressing the skipper] Sir, sir... There's a woman in my engine room! You gotta' get that woman outta' my engine room.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman : Well, who, Tostin?
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : The Major. She washed her clothes and hung them up there to dry. *Stockings,* and everything! It's bad luck to have a woman in the engine room.
Lt. Nicholas Holden : Tostin, what harm can their clothes do?
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : That's when they're the most dangerous. They're like snakes. When they shed their skin, look out!
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : [speaking to Maj.Heywood in the engine room] You know, I spent alot of years disliking women. But I don't dislike you.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : Oh?
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : You're not a woman. You're more than a woman. You're a *mechanic*
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Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : [noticing Tostin trying to repair a piece of machinery] Sailor.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Si!
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : You'll never get it to work that way.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : [annoyed] Why don't you go and... roll some bandages. What do you know about machinery?
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : I was raised with it. My father was Chief Engineer at the Seattle power plant.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : [watching him tinker with the equipment] That would work if you'd install a new valve spring.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : [sarcastically mimicking her] "My father was a Chief Engineer..."
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Hey look, lady. In the first place I'm trying to make do with something that don't even belong on a submarine. And in the second place, you can't install a new valve spring if you ain't got it. Now, will you get out of here?
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : You're talking to an officer.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Maybe Congress made you an officer, but God made you a woman, and... a woman just shouldn't mess around with a man's machinery. Now, for the last time, get out, will ya'?
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Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : Sailor...
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Yes, ma'am.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : [indicating her laundry she's hung up to dry in the engine room] Tell me when these are dry.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Hey, look, I'm a Machinist Mate, I ain't a... laundry sailor.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : Sailor...
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Yes, ma'am.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : Please try not to knock anything down. I wouldn't want it to land on this dirty floor.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : What's dirty?
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : The whole engine room.
Maj. Edna Heywood, RN : [Wipes her hand on the deck, shows it to him] Look at that grease.
Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin : Hey, if you was bombed and sunk and pulled up by *your* stern, you'd be a little greasy too.