The Killer Shrews

The Killer Shrews (1959)

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Dr. Milo Craigis: Their available food on ze island is nearing depletion.

Thorne Sherman: If you have to be isolated for your work you sure picked a lonely little island.

Ann Craigis: You're a strange man, Thorne. I never met anyone like you. You seem so disinterested in everything. Aren't you the least bit curious? Don't you wonder about the unusual things around here? The guns. The fence. The shattered windows. My accent. Anything?

Dr. Milo Craigis: Well, I'm attempting to-to decrease the size by maintaining a low metabolism and result in a longer life-span.
Thorne Sherman: What reason?
Dr. Milo Craigis: Over-population. Not a problem now, but it will be in time. If we were half as big as we are now, we could live twice as long on our natural resources.

Ann Craigis: I know, but I'm not saying you created them, Jerry. I am saying that because of your drunken stupidity in leaving the cage door open you created the horrible situation that now exists.
Jerry Farrell: Look, Ann, this is a mistake any one of us might've made. And I'm getting a little sick of being called an irresponsible drunk, now believe me I am.

Jerry Farrell: Looks like a rat, smells like a skunk - some call them bone-eaters.

Other mistake: A Telechron electric clock on the fireplace mantel keeps time even though the power has failed.

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