Lee J. Cobb credited as playing...
Lt. Gen. Henry Steedman
- [On the fallacy of NATO.]
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: In NATO, you have to have unanimous approval from all the member nations. It's like getting a troop of horses to piss at the same time.
- [General Steedman can be seen preparing to leave when someone enters the view. This is Diana Steedeman]
- Diana Steedeman: Darling. That was Julia on the phone. She's here in town, she's been here since Wednesday.
- [the General picks up his coat and puts it on]
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: I'll call an alert at headquarters.
- [General Steedman can be seen leaving his residence as Diana Steedeman accompanies him]
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: Does she know George is remarried?
- Diana Steedeman: I don't know, but I'm sure she'll be relieved.
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: One of the best staff officers I ever had.
- Diana Steedeman: What are you talking about? He was the original male chauvinist pig.
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: Well, if I had a wife as attractive as Julia, I'd have kept her locked up, too.
- Diana Steedeman: [annoyed] I beg your pardon?
- [Henry Steedman and his wife, Diana, can be seen arriving for a reception]
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: I can tell you we're in one hell of a mess.
- Diana Steedeman: Well, I just don't understand how it happened. And ask your telephone operators tomorrow. They're the ones who plugged me in.
- [Diana Steedman and her husband, Henry, can be seen preparing to enter an evening reception. Diana is straightening her husband's jacket]
- Diana Steedeman: Anyway, you're going to be the handsomest man at the party.
- Lieutenant General Henry Steedman: [disinterestedly] Yeah.
- Diana Steedeman: Handsomest General.
- [the two of them embrace as Diana kisses her husband]