Command Decision (1948)
Clark Gable: Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
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Maj. Gen. Roland Goodlaw Kane : Casey, this may pull down the work of twenty years. All right, let's have it.
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : The day after you left, sir, weather conference gave us a clear break over Central and Northeast Germany 44 days running. There was a chance to do the job, possibly the last one, so I laid on 'Stitch.'
Maj. Gen. Roland Goodlaw Kane : Regardless of the fact that you might be upsetting the larger picture
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : Larger than what, sir? The outcome of the war?
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Congressman Arthur Malcolm : But it seems to me our boys are paying a pretty bloody price for General Dennis' record!
Congressman Stone : Arthur!
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : Arthur, they're paying a price for the country's record.
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Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : There's no room in this job for a personal slant, Cliff.
Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet : He told me he was going to be married.
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : Yes, I know. You can only hope you don't have to kill him before he does. It's your baby, Cliff. I found out long ago to let the chaplain handle those. He's our liaison with the headquarters that decides that.
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Congressman Stone : [Watching bombers taking off for a raid] I suppose no one ever really gets used to this, General.
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : Never.
Congressman Stone : I can imagine. Weird.
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : The weirdest kind of war on earth, Mr. Stone. A few hours from now, they'll be fighting on oxygen, five miles over Germany. Tonight, some of them will be dancing at the Savoy - and some of them will still be in Germany.
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[Standing next to a B-17 starting up]
Col. Edward Rayton Martin : Well... see you later.
[Col. Martin runs to get aboard the bomber]
Col. Edward Rayton Martin : Keep your temper with the big wheels!
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis : What?
Col. Edward Rayton Martin : I said, "Keep your temper with the big wheels!" I don't want to get back and find you with a Legion of Merit and a ticket home!
