Battleground (1949)

Marshall Thompson: Jim Layton

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• Pvt. Jim Layton : I thought Holley was running away. That's why I ran after him.

  Pvt. Donald Jarvess : How do you know what Holley was thinking? How do you know if he was thinking at all? Things just happen, then afterwards you try to figure out why you acted the way you did.

  Pvt. Jim Layton : I know why I ran. I was scared to death.

  Pvt. Donald Jarvess : You just joined the biggest club in the army. Everybody belongs.

• Pvt. Jim Layton : The dreams are getting better all the time. I was back home in Baltimore loading up on hard-shelled crabs and beer.

  Holley : That dream's against regulations, soldier. You know what our boys overseas always dream about.

  Pvt. Jim Layton : Mom's blueberry pie?

  Holley : Why, certainly. That's what we're fighting for. Boy, when I get home, just give me a hot dog and a slice of that pie. Am I gonna kick when I don't get my job back? No siree.

• Pvt. Jim Layton : [reading from newspaper]  "Strategic Withdrawal In Bulge."

  [to others] 

  Pvt. Jim Layton : What's a bulge?

  Holley : Search me.