Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)

Rapture at Two-Forty (1965)

Ben Gazzara: Paul Bryan

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Quotes 

• Leslie Thurston : You're a lawyer, you said?

  Paul Bryan : Was. I'm retired.

  Leslie Thurston : I think that's quite intelligent of you.

• Paul Bryan : [voiceover]  So the Puritan in me is risen. And instead of chasing after pleasure, I've decided to salvage the hidden woman in Leslie Thurston. She's a fine human being, but she's headed nowhere. And I'm,,, headed nowhere.

• Paul Bryan : Leslie, I'll be dead in a year or two. Two years on the outside. Guaranteed by three of the highest-priced specialists in the United States. I have one of those afflictions they name after the poor fellow who discovered it.

• Leslie Thurston : Paul Bryan: Tall, dark, and intrepid.

  Paul Bryan : That's me.

• Paul Bryan : [leaving the funeral of an ill-fated diver]  You know she intends to go right on with this diving?

  Robert Thurston : I assumed she would.

  Paul Bryan : If I were her father, I'd put a stop to it.

  Robert Thurston : If you were her father, you'd have an entirely different expression on your face when you look at her, or at least I certainly hope you would.

  Paul Bryan : I'm not joking. This so-called sport is dangerous!

  Robert Thurston : Life is dangerous. My daughter likes to live it fully, bravely, proudly. The trick is to live and not just survive.

  Paul Bryan : Nietzsche?

  Robert Thurston : No, Beatles, I think. Maybe Ringo?

• Paul Bryan : As a matter of fact, isn't it the danger that you like?

  Leslie Thurston : I don't know. Maybe. Wasn't it Nietzsche whose schtick was living the full life? And he put his message in just two words: Live dangerously.

  Paul Bryan : Must read Nietzsche someday.

  Leslie Thurston : You should. He died quite mad, you know?

• Robert Thurston : Why don't you do yourself a favor: Don't try to beat little Leslie. You'll live longer that way.

  Paul Bryan : You mean 'survive' longer? And I'm not going to try to beat her; I'm going to beat her, as a favor to her and on behalf of the whole male sex!