"There's some asshole at work you have to kowtow to, and you find yourself doing things you thought you'd never do. But you try and minimize that stuff; be the best person you can be. But you set your priorities. And that's the way life is. I wonder if your friend Alex knew that. One thing's for sure, he couldn't live with it. I know I shouldn't talk; you guys knew him. But the thing is... no one ever said it would be fun. At least... no one ever said it to me."

"You see, Sarah, Harold, we took a secret vote. We're not leaving. We're never leaving."

"[about the wake] Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come."

"[about men] They're either married or gay. And if they're not gay, they've just broken up with the most wonderful woman in the world, or they've just broken up with a bitch who looks exactly like me. They're in transition from a monogamous relationship and they need more space. Or they're tired of space, but they just can't commit. Or they want to commit, but they're afraid to get close. They want to get close, you don't want to get near them."

"Wise up, folks. We're all alone out there and tomorrow we're going out there again."

"Niall MacGinnis - Captain Nathaniel Graveling"

"Cyril Luckham - Hallam, Captain of Marines"

"John Meillon - Neil Kincaid, maintopman"

"Robert Brown - Talbot"

"Ray McAnally - William O'Daniel, maintopman"

"Thomas Heathcote - Alan Payne, maintopman"

"Lee Montague - Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant"

"Ronald Lewis - Enoch Jenkins, maintopman"

"David McCallum - Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer"

"John Neville - Julian Radcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant"

"Paul Rogers - Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant"

"Melvyn Douglas - The Dansker, sailmaker"

"Peter Ustinov - Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain"

"Robert Ryan - John Claggart, Master d'Arms"

"Terence Stamp - Billy Budd"

"Aye! He's quite a hand for jokes. Always cheerful, too. Always smiling, waving at people. Lovely little character."

"I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil."

"Weigh what you speak, master-at-arms, there is the rope and the yardarm for false witness in peace as in war."

"You have only two duties here — to fight and to obey."

"Mr. Seymour, officers are to wear swords all the time from now on."

"There are many ways to lie, Mr. Claggert, but there is only one way to tell the truth."

"Ten thousand sergeants in this corps and I gotta draw Stryker!"

"Julie Bishop - Mary"

"Adele Mara - Allison Bromley"

"William Murphy - PFC Eddie Flynn"

"Richard Jaeckel - PFC Frank Flynn"

"James Holden - PFC Soames"

"Arthur Franz - Corporal Robert Dunne / Narrator"

"Richard Webb - PFC Dan Shipley"

"James Brown - PFC Charlie Bass"

"Wally Cassell - PFC Benny Regazzi"

"Forrest Tucker - PFC Al Thomas"

"John Agar - PFC Peter Conway"

"My name is Stryker, Sergeant John M. Stryker. You're gonna be my squad - a rifle squad. Three of us have seen action: Corporal Dunn, Charlie Bass, and myself. You're gonna learn from us. In boot camp, you learned out of a book. Out here, you gotta remember the book and learn a thousand things that have never been printed, probably never will be. You gotta learn right and you gotta learn fast. And any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he hadn't been born. Before I'm through with you, you're gonna move like one man and think like one man. If you don't, you'll be dead. Now, you guys have had a nice, easy day. I hope you enjoyed it because it's the last one you're gonna get for a long time. You joined the Marines because you wanted to fight. Well, you're gonna get your chance, and I'm here to see that you know how. If I can't teach you one way, I'll teach ya another. But I'm gonna get the job done. Any questions? That's all."

"John Wayne - Sgt. John M. Stryker"

"A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture."

"Alone and outnumbered, they had one thing in their favor... the American dream."

"Officer: [giving the pre-invasion briefing] Now, nobody knows exactly what they've got on this island, but they've had forty years to put it there."

"You know, my natural dislike for you is turning into a great hatred, Bass."

"Jack Warden - Mickey Morrissey"

"Roxanne Hart - Sally Doneghy"