So commanded Tor Johnson in the classic "The Unearthly" (Hats off to Mace Bacon who recommended this 1957 stinker). The line is emotionally delivered by "Lobo" (Tor) after Dr. Conway (John Carradine -- who always plays a crummy scientist) asks him to direct the patients to their rooms for the evening. Doc just polished off a sweet Toccata and Fugue to divert attention while Lobo was hiding the Shredded Wheat lady.
Of John Carradine's 339 appearances in movies in television, he was a doctor in 23 of those appearances (including Dr. DeMarco in The Astro Zombies!). I have to believe this film was the inspiration for Carradine's character Dr. Bernardo in Woody Allen's 1972 "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex..." -- ("They called me mad at Masters and Johnson"). At any rate, we get to see Tor's full spectrum as an actor as he sets a personal record for dialogue in a film.
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