Anne Bancroft credited as playing...
Dr. D.R. Cartwright
- Mrs. Florrie Pether - Charles' pregnant wife: Are you the doctor? But you're a woman!
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: Unless a lot of men have been kidding me.
- Mrs. Florrie Pether - Charles' pregnant wife: Charles, it's a woman!
- Charles Pether - Mission Teacher: Don't worry. She'll be as good as any man.
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: Better!
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: Normal? What the hell is so normal about my life? It took me eight years to become a doctor; I gave everything up to study. And for what? Anything I could get. There are no tough jobs for women doctors. I couldn't even open a decent office; I had to sweat it out in the worst hospitals. And when I finally gave myself a little time, for a little love, I wound up pickin' the wrong guy. What do ya think of that, Binnsy? Oh well. It was nice while it lasted. But for keeps he preferred his wife.
- [Playfully hits Agatha]
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: So what's normal about that? As a matter of fact, what the hell is so normal about any one of us nuts sitting at this table?
- [Points to bottle]
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: It's all your fault, ya mouth-opener. You know, Emma, you're the only one that still has a chance. There's a real world outside. Get out of this rat-race; go and find it.
- Agatha Andrews - Head of Mission: You smoke too much.
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: Yes, everything I do, I do too much
- Agatha Andrews - Head of Mission: Is Emma going to die?
- Dr. D.R. Cartwright: No she's young she's healthy. But a lot of others will die before this is over - the old, the weak.
- Agatha Andrews - Head of Mission: Oh, I can't stand all this unnecessary death.