- Who did they send?
- Captain Vinton Maddox.
- Maddox? He's a goddamn scalp hunter.
5 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:24:39.570 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- It's the Yorktown we're worried about. She's more severely damaged than we thought.
- How soon can we expect to dry-dock her?
- By the 17th, if a Jap sub doesn't spot the oil she's trailing and track her down.
- Admiral Fletcher just radioed in his repair list.
- Call the yard commander, tell him I want every workman he can muster standing by to board her.
- That sharpshooter from Washington has just landed, sir. Be here in 30 minutes.
- Maddox? He's a goddamn scalp hunter.
- See that he's thoroughly briefed, get Captain Garth over here.
- Admiral, why don't you let me handle it?
- No, he's entitled to a crack at me. Phone that in.
- You tested those electric arming switches?
- No, we still got some damn snafu in the circuitry.
- Get to i
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