It's Alive (1974)

Shamus Locke: The Doctor

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• The Professor : Actually, already in excess of $100,000 has being allegated by the university for examination of this phenomenon. We have some of the leading men in the field and it is hoped that this might lead to a breakthrough and to a better understanding of why mutations occur.

  Frank Davies : You want to experiment on it, is that it?

  The Professor : In fact, my department has already cautioned the police on excessive violence. If it could be dispatched with a bullet or better still, some kind of a gas. Undoubtedly it is very small and any kind of bodily harm, especially from gunshots or explosives...

  Frank Davies : In other words, you want me to sign away the body, is that it?

  The Professor : Well, it is your right. After all, you are the child's father.

  Frank Davies : It's not my child.

  The Professor : That's very wise, disassociate yourself emotionally. Just sign each copy, please. Pen, give him a pen.

  The Doctor : You know, it seems that out of every tragedy, out of every evil, some good can come if we only apply it ourselves.

  Frank Davies : Suppose that's going to be in all the medical journals. The history books, huh? The Davis child, the Davis monster. It's like Frankenstein.

  The Professor : In my opinion, this'll be remembered long after each of us is forgotten.

  Frank Davies : When I was a kid, I always thought the monster was Frankenstein. You know, Karloff walking around in these big shoes, grunting. I thought he was Frankenstein. Then I went to high school and I read the book and I realize that... Frankenstein was the doctor that created him. Somehow the identities... get all mixed up, don't they?

  The Professor : One must not allow oneself to be impressed by escapist fiction. You forgot one, pen.

• The Executive : How long has she been taking birth control pills before this pregnancy?

  The Doctor : Thirty-one months.

  The Executive : You realize that I came from the East specifically for this matter. I realize that it is a police problem. But once the thing is killed, it becomes a medical problem. Now, uh... you are in charge of that department, no doubt?

  The Doctor : Yes, I suppose so.

  The Executive : Now, nobody knows how this thing happened? It's really a matter of speculation, and I think perhaps that's for the best. After all, if we find out the cause is medication that we manufacture and it was administered over a long period of time, it'd be bad for you and even worse for us. We're susceptible, you know, to... to lawsuits, and to think the government hadn't tested and approved of those products that we put out on the market...

  The Doctor : What do your interests recommend?

  The Executive : Absolute destruction of this thing.

  The Doctor : Well, we already signed over the remains to the university.

  The Executive : But if there was nothing left of it, you know we would be most grateful to you. You have had a very successful career before this freak incident. It could work out for the best. We have an opening on the board of our research and development department. Now, we wouldn't want people to lose faith in us, would we?