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James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Mark Jenkins: Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)

The Andromeda Strain

Mark Jenkins credited as playing...

Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)

Quotes3

  • [first lines]
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): Piedmont, New Mexico. Population, 68.
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): Come on.
  • [the Scoop satellite retrieval team "Caper One" is in trouble. Mission control personnel start to move closer to the audio monitor]
  • Lt. Comroe: Stay at your stations! And hit that security button!
  • [picks up phone]
  • Lt. Comroe: Get me Major Manchek.
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): Somehow they don't hardly look dead, Lieutenant.
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] They're all over the place. Must be dozens of them.
  • Lt. Comroe: Damn it! Get this call through!
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): [over radio] It's sort of like they just dropped in their tracks, sir...
  • [pause]
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): SIR!
  • [vehicle brakes to halt]
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] Good Christ!
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): [over radio] Do you see that thing in white?
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] Yeah It's coming toward us!
  • Lt. Comroe: [on phone] Hello Major, this may sound crazy, but there's something strange going on with Caper One!
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): Lieutenant, Sir, I think we should get out of here...
  • [Brief scream and loud thump is heard, followed by silence, except for the satellite homing signal]
  • [Scoop retrieval team Caper One is being monitored by Scoop mission control Vandal Deca at Vandenburg AFB. Vehicle brakes are heard squealing over radio circuit]
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] Ho-ly...
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): [over radio] Sir, it's another one!
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] You're right. Looks dead
  • Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team): [over radio] Yes sir, shall I...
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] No! Stay in the Van.
  • Lt. Comroe: [Suddenly alert, scrambles in his desk drawer for mission notebook] Vandal Deca to Caper One. What's happening?
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] We see bodies. Lots of them
  • Lt. Comroe: Are you certain, Caper one?
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] Damnit Comroe! Of course we're certain!
  • Lt. Comroe: [Nervously, consulting notes] Your orders are... proceed to capsule and retrieve.
  • Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team): [over radio] Roger, Vandal Deca.

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