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"[To his officers, upon learning of the Battle of Britain's failure and Operation Sea-Lion's cancellation] You have let me down! You have betrayed me!"
"I have promised the Fuehrer that we will clear the skies and completely destroy the RAF. I expect my orders to be obeyed!"
"[Watching a massive Luftwaffe bomber force heading for England] My God, if we lose the war now... they'll tear our arses asunder!"
"(silent movie caption) Mrs. Meers certainly insists on a snowy wash."
"A lot can happen in 7 days. Just read the bible."
"Dear Mr. Hudson:"
"(repeated line) Raspberries!"
"Love has everything to do with it."
"Youth today, going to hell in a wheelbarrow!"
"I run a no-nonsense organization."
"SOY SAUCE!!!"
"(repeated line) Sad to be all alone in the world."
"James Coburn – Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer""
"Donald Pleasence – Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger""
"Charles Bronson – Flight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King""
"James Donald – Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO""
"Richard Attenborough – Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X""
"James Garner – Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger""
"Steve McQueen – Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King""
"Hours ago... Minutes ago.... These men were behind barbed wire."
"Put a fence in front of these men...and they'll climb it."
"Ah, Herr Bartlett. And Herr MacDonald. We are together again. You are going to wish you had never put us to so much trouble..."
"Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they cannot escape, then it is their sworn duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them, and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the best of their ability."
"Look, sir, you talk about the High Command and the Luftwaffe, and then you talk about the Gestapo and the SS. To me, they're the same! We're fighting the bloody lot! There's only one way to put it, sir: they are the common enemies of everyone who believes in freedom. If the High Command didn't approve of Hitler, then why didn't they throw him out?"
"[To Hilts, after being relieved as camp commandant] It looks, after all, as if you will see Berlin before I do."
"We have in effect put all our rotten eggs in one basket. And we intend to watch this basket carefully."
"[After reciting the extensive history of Allied POW escapes and the vast resources Germany has been forced to spend on the matter] This is quite close to insanity. And it must stop!"
"Jud Taylor – Goff"
"Robert Graf – Werner 'The Ferret'"
"Nigel Stock – Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor""
"Angus Lennie – Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole""
"John Leyton – Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler""
"Gordon Jackson – Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence""
"David McCallum – Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal""
"Hannes Messemer – Col. von Luger"
"James Lanphier — Harry (head waiter)"
"Allen Jung — Cook"
"Kathe Green — Molly Clutterbuck"
"Paul Ferrara — Ronnie Smith"
"Danielle De Metz — Stella D'Angelo"
"Frances Davis — Maid"
"Dick Crockett — Wells"
"Corinne Cole — Janice Kane"
"Al Checco — Bernard Stein"
"Marge Champion — Rosalind Dunphy"
"Jean Carson — Nanny"
"Natalia Borisova — Ballerina"
"Steve Franken — Levinson (drunk waiter)"
"Gavin MacLeod — C. S. Divot"
"Herbert Ellis — Director"