Premiere Elements 9 - Import quicktime problem

I am having trouble importing a video file into PE9. I get an error message that says "Add media failure. The importer reported a generic error."
The file is a quicktime movie (.mov)
It is 2.53 MB
The image was generated by an ultrasound machine. It should not have any kind of copyright protection or anything like that on it.
The width is 640, height 480
Data/bit rate is 4246kbps
Frame rate 43 fps
Would appreciate any help or ideas how to make this work.

Helpful replies.
Actually, I didn't need QT Pro. This is a new computer I had not been using for many things, and I never had installed Quicktime at all.
Working now!
Thanks for the tips.

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