Famous War Movie Lines.

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by Dave55, Sep 22, 2020.

  1. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

    Crimson Tide (1995) with Gene and Denzel?
     
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  2. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    "Down, Winston!"
     
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  3. 14/264

    14/264 Active Member

    It was the dedication to the gallant people of Afghanistan that did the trick, made me think of Col Trautman's speech.
     
  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Naw, the movie was 40 or so years earlier and starred a titan of Hollywood during the Golden Era and several other well-known actors...and one dud, who woodenly played an ensign.
     
  5. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Run Silent, Run Deep. Gable was the captain and the cast included Burt Lancaster (whose company made the movie) and Don Rickles. Rickles had served in the navy during the war. Also in the cast was Jack Warden, who had been a China gunboat sailor for three years. My dad knew Jack. He was a tough guy, but a fun guy and totally uninhibited.
     
  6. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    "They can teach monkeys to fly better than that!"
     
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  7. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Naw. Different movie.
    No submarines in this one.
     
  8. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    No? Darn, thought sure I had it. Oh well.
     
  9. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

    The Caine Mutiny (1954) Spoken by Fred McMurray. Bogie was the titan. Robert Francis was the dud.
     
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  10. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Was it "In Harm's Way"?

    I don't remember the line but Mitchum played a wooden ensign.
     
  11. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Yes, I realized that after I guessed wrong. Oh boy, was Robert Francis dull. But Bogart was magnificent, and so was Jose Ferrer.
     
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  12. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Was Mitchum in In Harm's Way?
    I thought that was a John Wayne, Kirk Douglas show.

    But, no, not In Harm's Way.
     
  13. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

    I recommend the book, too. Tells the story after the trial and fills in so much the movie leaves out.
     
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  14. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    Cohen the Barbarian!!!

    'Interesting Times' by Terry Pratchett
     
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  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    "When you refer to Bailey crap I take it you mean that glorious precision-made British-built bridge,
    which is the envy of the civilized world."
     
  16. 14/264

    14/264 Active Member

    Michael Caine as Lt. Col Vandeleur in 'A Bridge Too Far.' Didn't he say it to Eliot Gould who played some US officer? I must say, I've always though those sappers were incredibly tolerant of some idiot airborne officer telling them how to put the Bailey Bridge together. How he didn't get nudged into the river I'll never know!
     
  17. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Yes. Gould played an Airborn Col named Stout. I don't know why they didn't use the person's real name, which was Ltc Robert Sink.

    Robert Sink - Wikipedia
     
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  18. 14/264

    14/264 Active Member

    Yes, I remember the Elliot Gould character saying he was born in Yugoslavia, which would be surprising as Yugoslavia didn't exist before 1918, and he looked considerably older than 26! Still, I mustn't be petty about A Bridge Too Far, for all it's dodgy history it was still a good film.
     
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  19. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    “That was ludicrous, sir. You're jumping from an aeroplane, not a whorehouse window. Do it again.”
     
  20. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

    Operation Crossbow (1965) The RAF PJI to, I think, Jeremy Kemp?
     

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