The Crazies (1973)

Will MacMillan: David

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• David : What unit are you with? Why are you here? Why are you doing this to us?

  #1 Soldier at House : Look, mister... you let me go and...

  David : Talk!

  #1 Soldier at House : OK! It's a quarantine. There's a virus loose in the area.

  David : How'd the Army get involved?

  #1 Soldier at House : How does the Army get involved in anything? I don't know.

  [David forcibly restrains the solider in a choke-hold] 

  #1 Soldier at House : Ahh! Honest to God I don't know! It's a police action. That's what they're calling it.

  David : What are your orders?

  #1 Soldier at House : Round up everybody and take them to the Evans City High School. Everything was going OK at first. People were willingly coming in with us. The US Army has medical facilities at the school. They're treating them at the school. But the ones with the virus... man, it's like they're crazy!

  David : What kind of virus is it? How is it transmitted? What's its origin?

  #1 Soldier at House : I don't know. The Army only tells us what we have to know. It's a need to know basis...

  [David angrily grabs the soldier harder by his neck] 

  #1 Soldier at House : [gagging]  W-water! The virus... it's in water!

  David : [surprised]  In the water? The whole town's water supply?

  #1 Soldier at House : Yeah. You gotta believe me. We're only following orders.