Death Cruise Quotes

Death Cruise is a TV show that first aired in 1974 on American Broadcasting Company. Death Cruise completed its run in 1970.

It features Aaron Spelling as producer, Pete Rugolo in charge of musical score, and Tim Southcott as head of cinematography.

Death Cruise is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Death Cruise is 75 minutes long. Death Cruise is produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

The cast includes: Richard Long as Jerry Carter, Polly Bergen as Sylvia Carter, Edward Albert as James Radney, Kate Jackson as Mary Frances Radney, Celeste Holm as Elizabeth Mason, Michael Constantine as Dr. Burke, and Cesare Danova as Captain Vettori.

Death Cruise Quotes

Edward Albert as James Radney

• (Edward Albert) "Don't look so sad. We hardly knew Jerry Carter."
• (Kate Jackson) "Well it's not just Jerry Carter. It's how awful it must be to be down there in the water and call for help, and to just watch the ship get smaller and smaller."

• (Edward Albert) "I wonder why it is that I like to watch you put your clothes on, more than I like to watch you take your clothes off."
• (Kate Jackson) "It's because you're perverse."

• (Edward Albert) "What do you do, Mr. Mason?"
• (David Mason) "Does it really matter, Mr. Radney?"
• (Edward Albert) "What do you mean?"
• (David Mason) "Well if I told you that I was a ditch digger, you'd form an opinion of me from that, and if I told you I was a wealthy, powerful, industrial magnet, you'd form a different opinion based on the simple answer to that simple question. Instant status. So I'll tell you what, I'm going to let you figure it out for yourself, and you let me know what you come up with."
• (Edward Albert) "Well I'll grant you one thing, you don't seem stupid."
• (David Mason) "That only proves that I could be a very smart ditch digger."

• (Edward Albert) "What are you waving to people you don't even know for?"
• (Kate Jackson) "It's like a parade, sweetheart, you're supposed to wave whether you know the people or not."
• (Edward Albert) "Not me."
• (Kate Jackson) "Well Jimmy, they say you don't really appreciate something unless you pay for it."
• (Edward Albert) "No no, I, I, I appreciate this free cruise, I do indeed."

Richard Long as Jerry Carter

• (Richard Long) "Come on, Sylvia, every time I'm out of your sight for five minutes you start accusing me of --"
• (Polly Bergen) "I'm not accusing you of anything. Maybe your conscience is bothering you."
• (Richard Long) "I'm an insurance salesman, remember? I don't have a conscience."

• (Richard Long) "My wife has a foot problem, it usually ends up in my mouth."

• (Richard Long) "Say, have we met someplace before?"
• (Edward Albert) "I don't think so."
• (Richard Long) "That's funny, you all look very familiar. But, I'll remember, never forget a face. Did I miss anything?"
• (Polly Bergen) "Well as a matter of fact, Mrs. Radney was just telling us how they won this cruise in a contest."
• (Richard Long) "You're kidding, so did we."
• (David Mason) "E and M Promotions, three weeks all expenses paid."
• (Richard Long) "Well what do you know? There must've been more than one first prize."

Polly Bergen as Sylvia Carter

• (Polly Bergen) "That's Jerry's."
• (Michael Constantine) "It was laying on the deck. Mrs. Carter, why didn't you report your husband missing?"
• (Polly Bergen) "I don't know exactly that he is missing."
• (Michael Constantine) "Well when's the last time you saw him?"
• (Polly Bergen) "Dinner last night."
• (Michael Constantine) "He didn't return to the state room any time since then? You must've been worried."
• (Polly Bergen) "I think curious would be a better word."
• (Michael Constantine) "Mrs. Carter, we are in a ship in the middle of the ocean. Your husband is gone all night and your feeling is one of curiosity?"
• (Polly Bergen) "Doctor, this is not the first time my husband didn't come home all night. At first I was worried, now I am merely curious."
• (Michael Constantine) "I'm sorry, Mrs. Carter, I don't mean to be rude, but the captain is very concerned. Your husband may have fallen overboard."
• (Michael Constantine) "We're searching the ship, I'll let you know as soon as we have any information."

Michael Constantine as Dr. Burke

• (Michael Constantine) "What about the other 4 people, sir?"
• (Cesare Danova) "What do you suggest? That we tell them someone's trying to kill them? Lock them in their state rooms? Change the report to murder, and I'll do that."

• (Michael Constantine) "Mrs. Radney, you feel like talking?"
• (Kate Jackson) "That depends what you want to talk about."
• (Michael Constantine) "The people at table 24."
• (Kate Jackson) "What about them?"
• (Michael Constantine) "That's what I hoped you'd tell me."
• (Kate Jackson) "Basically they were selfish, and that they were totally insensitive."
• (Michael Constantine) "Including your husband?"
• (Kate Jackson) "My husband's dead. You leave him alone."

Celeste Holm as Elizabeth Mason

• (David Mason) "It's not even noon yet, don't you think you're rushing the cocktail hour?"
• (Celeste Holm) "I'm bored."
• (David Mason) "Lord."
• (Celeste Holm) "David, you've still got your work, but I don't have mine anymore. As you pointed out, the children are grown up and gone, and I'm bored."
• (David Mason) "Oh please, Elizabeth."
• (Celeste Holm) "No, no, you're right. The magic is gone. All 30 years' worth. This may not be easy for you to swallow, but you were never the magic the children were, and I thank you for that. All I ever was to you was chief cook, and hostess, with sleep-in privileges. The children were my life, because without them I wouldn't have had any life at all. Because you were always out to lunch. Now all of a sudden it's just you and me, babe, just the two of us, and I'm sorry David, but that would really have to be magic."
• (David Mason) "Look Elizabeth, I really don't want to hear this from you, not in this way."
• (Celeste Holm) "You can dish it out but you can't take it."

• (Celeste Holm) "David, what if any one of the kids needs us and we're not there?"
• (David Mason) "Well, then they'll just have to muddle through without us."

Cesare Danova as Captain Vettori

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