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Quotes from South Sea Woman (1953)

5 quotes
Burt Lancaster
Col. Hickman: You are aware that you face a possible sentence of death, not to mention a total imprisonment of...
[he checks some papers]
Col. Hickman: ... 143 years?
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: The last 100 won't hurt, sir.
- Burt Lancaster (as Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn) in South Sea Woman (1953)

Virginia Mayo
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: [opening up Ginger's coat and seeing her shapely figure and scanty costume] Hey, that's nice candy!
Pvt. Davey White: Don't let him bother you, baby. He just wishes he met you first.
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: [ogling her] You're so right! I could go for her on a rainy afternoon.
Ginger Martin: [to Davey] It couldn't rain hard enough for me to go for him!
- Virginia Mayo (as Ginger Martin) in South Sea Woman (1953)

Burt Lancaster
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: Nice place you got here, Madame!
Lillie Duval: [referring to the three prostitutes in her stable] You do not like my darling nieces, monsieur?
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: [ogling her] I stopped picking green apples when I left the farm. Ripe fruit is sweeter.
- Burt Lancaster (as Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn) in South Sea Woman (1953)

Burt Lancaster
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: You two are not married. The ceremony Woo Ching read for you was the burial ceremony.
Ginger Martin: What?
Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn: That's Chinese burial service, that's why you are wearing white clothes.
- Burt Lancaster (as Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn) in South Sea Woman (1953)

Chuck Connors
Pvt. Davey White: Just like that Shakespeare said - there's nothing like a quivering arrow from Cupid's bow!
- Chuck Connors (as Pvt. Davey White) in South Sea Woman (1953)