The Thing from Another World (1951)

Margaret Sheridan: Nikki

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• Ned "Scotty" Scott : Here's the sixty-four dollar question - what do you do with a vegetable?

  Nikki : Boil it.

  Ned "Scotty" Scott : What did you say?

  Nikki : Boil it... bake it... stew it... fry it?

• Hendry : Do you really drink all those drinks?

  Nikki : Um -hum.

  Hendry : Every one of 'em? You didn't spill one?

  Nikki : Uh -uh.

  Hendry : Holy cats, I thought I was good.

• Hendry : I've given all the orders I want to give for the rest of my life.

  Nikki : If I thought that was true I'd ask you to marry me.

• Dr. Arthur Carrington : Miss Nicholson.

  Nikki : Yes, Doctor?

  Dr. Arthur Carrington : At 12:10 AM the hand became alive. The temperature of the forearm showed a 20-degree rise. Because of this rise in temperature I believe it was able to ingest the canine blood with which it was covered. I believe...

  Ned "Scotty" Scott : You mean... You mean it lives on blood.

• Nikki : Anybody around here want some coffee?

  Hendry : No, but you can come in.

  Nikki : That's the only reason I brought it. I was hoping you'd ask me.

• Nikki : Say that again!

  [She observes cold breath coming out of Scotty's mouth] 

  Ned "Scotty" Scott : Oh Nikki, not you, too!

  Nikki : No, silly, your breath!

  Ned "Scotty" Scott : Well, I'm sorry, but I've been under a great deal of strain lately!

  Nikki : Oh, you ninny, look!

• Hendry : [This is the 'Japanese Torture' sequence in Nikki's room, with Hendry bound]  You can tie my hands!

  Nikki : Might not be such a bad idea! You suggested it!

  Hendry : I'll bring a rope!

• Dr. Arthur Carrington : Well Captain, can we start now?

  Hendry : You mind telling me where we're going, Doctor?

  Dr. Arthur Carrington : Forty-eight miles due east from here.

  Hendry : Your message said an airplane had crashed. Is that what we're looking for?

  Dr. Arthur Carrington : I don't know, Captain.

  Hendry : I think you'd better explain, Doctor.

  Dr. Arthur Carrington : Oh, I'm sorry. Miss Nicholson, would you mind reading Captain Hendry my first notes?

  Nikki : Surely.

  Dr. Arthur Carrington : I was thinking only of the vagueness of my information. I dislike being vague.

• [repeated line] 

  Nikki : Who wants some coffee?