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Best Line in the movie......


Rod Taylor : "If your number is up, why fight it ? If not, why worry about it ?"

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Actually, I have to say my favorite line in the movie came when Wally Cox was telling of their flight over Norway I think it was...

Cox: "How can you be so calm at a time like this?"

Taylor: "Landing field is right over that ridge."

Cox: "How do you know that?"

Taylor: "Has to be, we're almost out of gas."

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That line is an indirect quote from JFK to Jackie the day he was shot in Dallas.

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frankly, the line I still remember most from this movie comes from the title....when Glenn Ford is asked at a commitee hearing what he thought the cause of the accident was, his response was, "it was fate.".....and even when I saw it as a kid, I had to smirk, because, although true, the statement probably wouldnt hold much water to people who lost love ones, or to those who sought legal action against the airline......

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Yeah well he looked pretty worried when he saw that wooden pier coming at him.

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JFK ran out of gas in Dallas??

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No, JFK is supposed to have said something like 'if your numbers up...' to Jackie. Not sure if story is true, tho.

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