Famous War Movie Lines.

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    "They're very pretty Colonel. Very pretty. But can they fight?"
     
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  2. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    <<Ingen advarsel, ingen nøling - dette er fiender!>>

    “No warning, no hesitation - these are enemies!”
     
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  3. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

    Much too easy. He also played Oddball in 'Kelly's Heroes.' Donald Sutherland as Pte Pinkley.

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  4. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    "Major Bernd Himmler. Does the
    name mean anything to you?"
     
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  5. smdarby

    smdarby Well-Known Member

    "Broadsword calling Danny Boy". Great movie. I visited the Schloss Adler where "Where Eagles Dare" was filmed back in 2016.

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  6. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Yep. The way Burton delivered it was so sinister. :)

    How about this one?

    "My old grandmother used to say, anything mechanical, give it a good bash."
     
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  7. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    The Longest Day (1962) - Kenneth More as Capt. Colin Maud ?

    Kyle
     
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  8. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Correct. He was anxious to get his dog off the beach :)
     
  9. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    "I'm just a poor fisherman from Cyprus!"
     
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  10. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    The Guns of Navarone?
     
  11. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    That's correct Jeff. The line was part of Anthony Quinn's play acting in front of the Gestapo Officer who was about to torture Anthony Quayle for information.
     
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  12. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    “Captain Cardwell tells me you’ve spoke to him about a man named O’Neill; is he capable?”
     
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  13. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    CPO "D", pointing at a letter, "Could I have that, I'd like to post it for the crew?"
    Lt "D", Referring to another letter, No, post this one. It's theirs."
     
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  14. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

    Mister Roberts (1955). By this point in the film I'm usually finding it very dusty in the room.
     
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  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    The Dirty Dozen.

    "You have just two seconds to apologize."
    "Huh?"
    "Times up!" :)
     
  16. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    "It's the most outrageous, disgusting, preposterous, not to say barbaric idea. But work out full details and be on hand at the War Cabinet Offices at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon."
     
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  17. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    A curate’s egg; but no cigar.
     
  18. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    DUH!

    I meant to type Devil's Brigade.

    The bartender in the bar scene was Gene Fullmer, former middleweight champ, who was Canadian.
     
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  19. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    Give the man a coffee .......!
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  20. Dan M

    Dan M Active Member

     

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