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It just so happens I'm not a coward, physical or mental. And before I'd risk my father's life...

7 seconds sound clip from the The Atomic Submarine movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:52 in the DVD version of the movie.

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[...]

- Your father can be in Nome, Alaska tomorrow.

- We have two choices. We can ask them to bring him out by helicopter, and take you off, or we can put the Shark back into Nome.

- You trade school boys are all alike, aren't you? Anybody who doesn't think like a little gold-braided puppet is ipso facto a coward.

- You said it. I didn't.

- Well, wearing a uniform doesn't bestow an automatic monopoly on courage, Commander.

- It just so happens I'm not a coward, physical or mental. And before I'd risk my father's life...

- We're all risking our lives.

- That may be, but Dad stays where he is, and I'm staying here.

- Oh, you are a mixed-up oddball, aren't you?

- Well, perhaps.

- The idea of willingly going to school to spend my life at a Paleozoic pastime that should have disappeared with the thunder lizards, I'm referring to war. That strikes me as the worst cowardice of all, being spiritually yellow.

- You mean nothing's worth fighting for?

- Peace. The dignity of man, destiny of human spirit. Now, you show me a man who says you win these fighting wars, and I'll show you an idiot.

[...]

The Atomic Submarine Sound Clip

The Atomic Submarine

Memorable lines from The Atomic Submarine (1959 film), featuring audio clips and sfx.

Actors: Arthur Franz (Commander "Reef" Holloway), Dick Foran (Commander Dan Wendover)

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