Shirley Patterson credited as playing...
Margaret Hathaway
- Capt. Burnham: Hello, Lieutenant. I hope you won't mind having to fly the first woman over Antarctica.
- Lt. Jack Carmen: [Obviously attracted to the beautiful reporter] Ma'am, you just say the word, and I'll fly you up to the moon.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: In a helicopter?
- Capt. Burnham: [Reassuringly] You won't have to worry about him, Miss Hathaway. I'm sure he'll cool off as soon as he hits subzero weather.
- Capt. Burnham: Now would you care to meet some of the men you'll be working with?
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: I always love to meet men, Captain.
- Cmdr. Harold Roberts: A few things, I can be quite romantic about.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: Name one.
- Cmdr. Harold Roberts: Well, women.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: Oh?
- Cmdr. Harold Roberts: For example: Although I know, basically, women consist mostly of water, with a few pinches of salt, and metals thrown in, you have a very unsaltlike and non-metallic effect.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: I give in.
- [last lines]
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: Well, who'd stay home with the baby?
- Cmdr. Harold Roberts: Sure, who'd stay... What baby?
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: Ours, silly. Why by this time next year...
- [the two share a passionate kiss]
- Capt. Burnham: Of course, you're aware of the dangers of this trip?
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: I am. I've read a great deal about Antarctica.
- Capt. Burnham: I wasn't thinking of Antarctica, exactly. I was thinking more of your being alone with 800 men.
- Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway: I've read a great deal about men too. Don't forget, once I was alone with half a million of them for three months in Korea.
- Capt. Burnham: In that case, Ms. Hathaway, I think you've had excellent basic training.