Mannix (TV Series)

Harvest of Death (1972)

Sean Garrison: Clint Carpenter

Quotes 

• Joe Mannix : Dave!

  Dave Winters : Hey, Joe.

  Joe Mannix : It's been a long time.

  Dave Winters : Too long. Hope I didn't louse up your game.

  Joe Mannix : No problem.

  Dave Winters : I'd like you to meet Clint Carpenter.

  Joe Mannix : Mr. Carpenter.

  Clint Carpenter : Dave tells me you flew together in Korea.

  Joe Mannix : Yeah.

  Clint Carpenter : Side-by-side. He thinks you're the right man for the job, and I hope so.

  Joe Mannix : Oh? What kind of job's that, Dave?

  Dave Winters : Well, to find out what's going on. Clint uses my dusting service. Biggest customer I've got, as a matter of fact.

  Clint Carpenter : And I soon won't be any kind of customer, Mr. Mannix. Somebody's out to ruin me.

  Dave Winters : They don't mind ruining me along with him. Two of my pilots have disappeared on the job.

  Joe Mannix : Disappeared?

  Dave Winters : Gone, not a trace. Cars, belongings and all.

  Joe Mannix : These, uh, pilots, they the kind that can be bought off?

  Dave Winters : Nah, not a chance. I knew them both for years. The first one, Harv Walker, came out of retirement to help me.

  Joe Mannix : Well, what about the local law? Can't they come up with anything?

  Clint Carpenter : Well, there's a Sheriff Simkins. He's been sheriff for 15 years. He's good for writing out tickets and cleaning up after accidents, but that's about it.

  Dave Winters : Joe, here's our problem. Clint's stuck with a plague of insects. Thrips, they're called, chomping away at the oranges. At the rate they're going, a week, ten days is all we've got.

  Joe Mannix : Well, it's, uh, not much time for an investigation.

  Dave Winters : Might be enough, Joe, if you could do the dusting yourself.

  Joe Mannix : Me? Hey, Dave, that's precision flying.

  Dave Winters : That's right. So is landing a fighter on a carrier deck in a typhoon. You did that, didn't you?

  Joe Mannix : Yeah, well, now that was different.

  Dave Winters : Joe, compared to those hot ships we were jockeying, the Ag Cat handles like a kite. I could check you out down here, and under the circumstances, I think I could get a waiver for a license.

  Clint Carpenter : Dave, uh, maybe Mr. Mannix doesn't like the idea of being a decoy.

  Joe Mannix : Yeah, well, it's still a long shot, Dave.

  Dave Winters : That ever stop you before?