So, the only way for this thing to work is for you to get them off the boat in such a way that they think we don't have it, and they'll go back and report we don't have it to their bosses.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Hunt for Red October movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:56:09.113 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, things may appear that simple in the cubicle at CIA, but in the middle of the North Atlantic with a million tons of Soviet warships bearing down on us, they get a bit more complex.

- Smoke?

- No, thank you.

- And I don't think your notion of a few days' inspection is going to wash, either. In order to be of any value, you'd have to tear it apart. The metallurgy alone would take a couple of months.

- Then we'd have to keep it.

- What are you going to do with the crew? Ones that don't defect are going to go back and say we got the boat. Or do you plan to eliminate them?

- We're not at war, sir.

- So, the only way for this thing to work is for you to get them off the boat in such a way that they think we don't have it, and they'll go back and report we don't have it to their bosses.

- Otherwise, this whole business is just academic, right?

- Yes, sir. I think I see your point.

- When's the last time you slept?

- A while.

- The chief outside will fix you up.

- Thank you, sir.

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