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“You can't handle the truth”
SPOKEN AT 02:01:29 INA Few Good Men
1992 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · DIR. Rob Reiner
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02:01:05 Lieutenant Kendrick ordered the Code Red because that's what you told him to do!
02:01:09 - Object! - And then you cut these guys loose!
02:01:12 - I'll hold you in contempt. - You doctored the logbook!
02:01:15 - Damn it, Kaffee! - Consider yourself in contempt.
02:01:18 Colonel Jessup, did you order the Code Red?
02:01:21 - You don't have to answer that. - I'll answer the question.
02:01:24 - You want answers? - I think I'm entitled!
02:01:26 - You want answers? - I want the truth!
02:01:29 You can't handle the truth!
02:01:32 Son, we live in a world that has walls...
02:01:34 and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
02:01:36 Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg?
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