Brett Halsey: Paul Templin

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Sentry : Yes sir?

  Paul Templin : My name is Paul Templin, Corporal. I'm to meet a Lt. Collins here.

  Sentry : Oh, yes sir. You're the writer who's going to cover the retirement ceremonies tomorrow.

  Paul Templin : That's right.

  Sentry : Mm-hmm.

• Collins : Mr. Templin? I'm Lieutenant Collins, public relations officer. Good to see ya. Are you in good health?

  Paul Templin : Well, that's a courtly greeting from a Marine.

  Collins : Oh, it's not a greeting. You're going to have to be healthy.

  Paul Templin : I'm not here for basic training, Lieutenant. I'm only going to cover the retirement of Sergeant Major Kolchak.

  Collins : Mr. Templin, welcome to World War III.

• Paul Templin : This Kolchak must be quite a guy - Congressional medal, two Navy Crosses, half a dozen wars, forty years of service...

  Collins : Forty years, seven months and twenty-two days as of tomorrow.

  Paul Templin : That's pretty exact.

  Collins : I've been keeping track.

  Sergeant Kolchak : [yelling behind his office door]  Who did this! Get out before I break you all in two! What are you waiting for, a furlough?

  Paul Templin : Lieutenant Collins...?

  Sergeant Kolchak : [still yelling in his office]  What kind of waltzing academy do you think we're running here, you hammer-headed peanut brain!

  Collins : Yes, Mr. Templin?

  Paul Templin : What is all that?

  Collins : All what, Mr. Templin?

  Paul Templin : In there - that sound. Oh, you're not going to tell me...

  Collins : Yes, Mr. Templin, that is Sergeant Kolchak.

• Sergeant Kolchak : This here's a business office - what's yours?

  Collins : Sergeant Kolchak, this is Paul Templin.

  Sergeant Kolchak : He's a civilian.

  Paul Templin : It's a living.

  Sergeant Kolchak : And a wisenheimer to boot.

  Collins : He's here from Pace Magazine, Sergeant Major. I spoke you about the piece they wanted to do about you.

  Sergeant Kolchak : Oh, yeah. You're a writer, huh?

  Paul Templin : I like to think so.

  Sergeant Kolchak : Well, if you're not sure, you must be a dandy.

• [discussing Kolchak] 

  Collins : Welcome to the club, Mr. Templin.

  Paul Templin : Is he always like that?

  Collins : No, no no no. Sometimes he's quite bad-tempered.

• Fulton : In my opinion, he's the best Marine in the Corps and, for my money, that makes him the best fighting man in the world.

  Paul Templin : Genghis Khan was probably pretty good, too, but Pace is a family magazine. General, I've talked to about 100 marines today and you're the first that's had a good word for him.

  Fulton : Well, I've known The Crippler for almost 40 years. The man you saw today is just part of him - the Sergeant Major part. He's a good story, but Claude Kolchak - he's a better one.

  Paul Templin : Well, what's that supposed to mean?

  Fulton : If you're a good writer, you'll find out - and you'll be rewarded. You'll be at the ceremonies tomorrow afternoon?

  Paul Templin : Unfortunately, General, I'll do almost anything for money.

• [discussing Kolchak] 

  Paul Templin : Well, whatever else you can say about him - he was a first-class fighting man.

  Tamiko : There's so much else you could say.

  Paul Templin : Not for Danger Publications there isn't - gore, goo, blood and thunder, and a little more gore.

• [last lines] 

  [Kolchak hands Paul an envelope] 

  Paul Templin : For me? Sergeant Major, you shouldn't. What is it?

  Sergeant Kolchak : That beer you had at my place, remember?

  Paul Templin : Yeah.

  Sergeant Kolchak : Ya told me to bill ya. That's the bill - four bits. And don't send me no checks, boy. You got shifty eyes.