Damnation Alley (1977)

George Peppard: Denton

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• Maj. Eugene Denton : Tanner this is Denton! This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. I repeat: KILLER COCKROACHES!

• Tanner : So where are we heading for?

  Maj. Eugene Denton : Albany.

  Tanner : Albany? You have relatives there?

  Maj. Eugene Denton : It's the only place we ever got a signal from. Albany is the place to aim for.

  Tanner : Sort of the objective of the operation, right?

  Maj. Eugene Denton : You could call it that. See, there's a way across... well, not really a way across, but the screens show it to be the path of least resistance. It's not good, but it's the best we've got.

  Tanner : What happens if we make a wrong turn?

  Maj. Eugene Denton : There are areas of radiation we couldn't get through. It's not a matter of wrong turns though - "Damnation Alley" is a hundred miles wide a lot of the way.

  Tanner : "Damnation Alley?" Who named it that?

  Maj. Eugene Denton : I did.

• Maj. Eugene Denton : Don't go making something personal out of this. Perry is dead. That doesn't make you right and me wrong. It just means Perry is dead.

• Tanner : [while being held captive at gunpoint, Billy arrives, and sneaks Tanner a revolver]  How about a P.L.C.A. 99...

  Maj. Eugene Denton : [recognizing their old code to prepare to launch nuclear missiles, moves to shield Billy from the impending gunfire]  I agree...