The Killer Shrews Quotes

The Killer Shrews is a television show that debuted in 1970 . The Killer Shrews ended in 1970.

It features Ken Curtis; Gordon McLendon as producer, Harry Bluestone, and Emil Cadkin in charge of musical score, and Wilfred M. Cline as head of cinematography.

The Killer Shrews is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Killer Shrews is 69 minutes long. The Killer Shrews is distributed by McLendon-Radio Pictures Distributing Company.

The cast includes: James Best as Thorne Sherman, Gordon McLendon as Dr. Radford Baines, Ken Curtis as Jerry Farrell, Ingrid Goude as Ann Craigis, and "Judge" Henry Dupree as 'Rook' Griswold.

The Killer Shrews Quotes

James Best as Thorne Sherman

• (Dr. Milo Craigis) "Well, I'm attempting to-to decrease the size by maintaining a low metabolism and result in a longer life-span."
• (James Best) "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."

• (James Best) "This is the gun we keep on the boat."
• (James Best) "They don't leave much, do they?"

• (James Best) "If you have to be isolated for your work you sure picked a lonely little island."

• (Dr. Milo Craigis) "In 24 hours there will be one shrew left on the island, and he will be dead of starvation. An excellent example of overpopulation."
• (James Best) "You know something doctor?"
• (Dr. Milo Craigis) "What's that?"
• (James Best) "I'm not going to worry about overpopulation just yet"

• (James Best) "Why, that's as big as a full-grown wolf."

Ingrid Goude as Ann Craigis

• (Ingrid Goude) "But this ends it. If we ever get off this island, I'll never have anything to do with it again."
• (James Best) "What will you do?"
• (Ingrid Goude) "Live normally, like normal women do. It may seem a little dull after the life I've been living. But rather dull and alive than excited and --"
• (James Best) "I'll take a dull, alive woman every time."

• (Ingrid Goude) "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."
• (Ken Curtis) "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."

• (Ingrid Goude) "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?"

Gordon McLendon as Dr. Radford Baines

• (Gordon McLendon) "Just ripped my trousers, that's all."
• (Dr. Milo Craigis) "Are you sure?"
• (Gordon McLendon) "Yes, I know."

"Judge" Henry Dupree as 'Rook' Griswold

• ("Judge" Henry Dupree) "Automatic pilot can't play Dixieland jazz on them banjos like I can."

Ken Curtis as Jerry Farrell

• (Ken Curtis) "Looks like a rat, smells like a skunk; some call them bone-eaters."

• (Ken Curtis) "In my book engagement isn't a casual thing."
• (Ingrid Goude) "In my book it isn't either. But what happened last night ended ours."

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