The Extraordinary Seaman

The Extraordinary Seaman1969

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
The Extraordinary Seaman is a 1969 American comedy war film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Mickey Rooney, and Jack Carter. Apart from his participation in the documentaries That's Entertainment! (19… more »



Jennifer Winslow:
[Pointing to something in the water beyond the ship] I wonder what that is?

Lt. Morton Krim:
[Excitedly] What? What? Where?

Jennifer Winslow:
There, floating...

Lt. Morton Krim:
Oh, that's, uh, that's just some flotsam, or jetsam. Whatever the difference is.

Jennifer Winslow:
Well, flotsam is something from a shipwreck, and jetsam is something thrown overboard in order to lighten the ship.

Lt. Morton Krim:
Oh... I guess that makes me flotsam, then.

Jennifer Winslow:
And apparently my brother considers me jetsam.

Lt. Morton Krim:
That must've been some kind of mistake.

Jennifer Winslow:
Oh, Johnny and I were never exactly close. When I was nine, he tried to sell me to a steamer captain. I guess it comes from living in the islands.

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