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"Lou Diamond Phillips - Ritchie Valens"
"Born to poverty. Destined for stardom. He lived the American Dream."
"Talent made him a star, fate made him a legend. The true story of Ritchie Valens."
"Danielle von Zerneck - Donna Ludwig"
"[to Ritchie] You've been laid yet? I'm serious, I know what your problem is. Sperm pressure, it's scientific."
"You know, my old man wasn't around when I was born. [takes swig of vodka and grimaces] Why should I be?"
"I will never let anyone get in the way of my feelings for you, ever again."
"[singing] Oh Donna, oh Donna. Oh Donna, oh Donna. I had a girl, Donna was her name. Since she left me, I've never been the same. Cause I love my girl, Donna oh where can you be?"
"Rosie Morales: [about Bob] He doesn't want a wife. He wants a love slave, one that he can kick around."
"My mom reckons I'm going to be a star. And stars don't fall from the sky."
"Bob Keane [after changing Richard Valenzuela's name to Ritchie Valens]: Look, it could've been worse; you could have been "Ricky Zuela"."
"Robert Porterfield - Zeb Andrews"
"Erville Alderson - Nate Tomkins"
"David Bruce - Bert Thomas"
"Charles Esmond - German Major"
"Joseph Sawyer - Sergeant Early"
"Harvey Stephens - Captain Danforth"
"Pat Flaherty - Sergeant Harry Parsons"
"Charles Trowbridge - Cordell Hull"
"Ward Bond - Ike Botkin"
"Noah Beery Jr. - Buck Lipscomb"
"June Lockhart - Rosie York, Alvin's sister"
"Margaret Wycherly - Mother York"
"Joan Leslie - Gracie Williams"
"George Tobias - "Pusher" Ross"
"Dickie Moore - George York, Alvin's brother"
"Stanley Ridges - Major Buxton"
"America's Greatest Modern Hero! Timelier today than ever... thrilling and inspiring story of the kind of men that America is made of!"
"Missiles! Jets! Tanks!... It's Still The Guy With Guts And A Gun Who Wins The War!"
"Gary Cooper - Alvin C. York"
"In 1941, on the eve of the United States' entry into the Second World War, York consented to having his diary adapted to film, personally selecting Gary Cooper to portray him as a condition for the filming. The film would be universally acclaimed as one of the best film biographies of all time, earning an Oscar for Best Actor for Cooper and an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. It was a straightforward adaptation of the diary with very little Hollywood embellishment; the only embellishment which York acknowledged was that the film showed his born-again Christianity as due to being struck by lightning on his way to a confrontation with a rival, whereas it was actually simply his meeting his future wife and falling in love."
"Clem Bevans - Zeke"
"Ike Botkin: Ain't nobody ever cut 5 centers, lessen' it were Dan'l Boone."
"Sgt. Early: [at the target range] Remember, guys, you're usin' real live ammunition! A bullet hasn't got any brains! It'll hit whatever you're aimin' at, so don't start murdering each other!"
"Walter Brennan - Pastor Rosier Pile"
"I ain't a-goin' to war. War's killin', and the book's agin' killin! So war is agin' the book!"
"[quoting the Bible, in resolving to remain in the U.S. Army, and to fight in the Great War]: Therefore, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."
"Howard Da Silva - Lem"
"What we done in France, we had to do. And some as done it, didn't come back, and that kind of thing ain't for buying and selling."
"The Lord sure do move in mysterious ways."
"Folks say you're no good, 'ceptin' for fighting and hell-raising."
"Jin Goo as Jin-tae"
"Kim Hye-ja as Mother"
"Won Bin as Yoon Do-joon"
"Steve Burton - Captain Peretz"
"Robert Redford - Lieutenant-General Eugene R. Irwin"
"James Gandolfini - Colonel Winter"
"Delroy Lindo - Brigadier-General Wheeler"
"No castle can have two kings."
"Mark Ruffalo - Yates"