"I saw him die. I didn't know what it was like to die before! And then, then I came outside and it felt so good to be alive, that I started in to walk fast. I began to think of the strangest things like bein' out in the fields, things like that. You know — girls. Then it felt as if there were something electric running from the ground up through me. And I started. And I began to run hard and I passed soldiers, and I heard voices calling to me, and I ran and I ran, and I felt as if I couldn't breathe enough air into me. And now I'm hungry."

"You know I can't run away. That's why you accuse me. I tell you, I didn't want to kill you. I tried to keep you alive. If you jumped in here again, I wouldn't do it. You see, when you jumped in here, you were my enemy — and I was afraid of you. But you're just a man like me, and I killed you. Forgive me, comrade. Say that for me. Say you forgive me! Oh, no. You're dead! Only you're better off than I am. You're through. They can't do any more to you now. Oh, God, why did they do this to us? We only wanted to live, you and I. Why should they send us out to fight each other? If we threw away these rifles and these uniforms, you could be my brother just like Kat and Albert. You'll have to forgive me, comrade. I'll do all I can. I'll write to your parents. I'll write to — I'll write to your wife. I'll write to her. I promise she'll not want for anything. And I'll help her and your parents, too. Only forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me! Forgive me! [sobbing]"

"[While on a mission with his comrades, Paul takes cover in a shell hole to protect himself from gunfire] I say "You must [get out of this hollow], it is your comrades, it is not an idiotic command," and again: "What does it matter to me, I have only one life to lose—""

"Out of 20, three are officers, nine dead, Müller and three others wounded, and one in the mad house. We'll all be dead someday so let's forget it."

"[Paul is trapped in a shell crater with the body of a French soldier who was just mortally wounded.] I want to help you. I want to help you... [the soldier screams] Stop that! Stop it! I can bear the rest of it. I can't listen to that! Why do you take so long dying? You're going to die anyway. Oh, no. Oh, no. You won't die. Oh, no. You won't die. They're only little wounds. You'll get home. You'll be all right. You'll get home long before I will."

"Sometime I'm gonna take one of you volunteers apart — find out what makes you leave school and join the army. Hey, this is no parade ground."

"[to new recruits] Now you're gonna see some shell fire, and you're gonna be scared... [a shell explodes nearby and they all duck for cover; one terrified recruit soils his pants] Never mind. It's happened to better men than you. And it's happened to me. When we come back, I'll get you all some nice, clean underwear!"

"That cannon shell you don't have to pay much attention to. Those big fellas just make a lot of noise and land about five miles behind the line. The things we've got to watch out for are them black ones. They don't give you much warning... Mother Earth — press yourselves down upon her! Bury yourselves deep into her! Just keep your eyes on me. When you see me flop, you flop, only try to beat me to it."

"There's 80 of us left. The rest is in dressing stations or pushing up daisies"

"[to Paul on his return] It's gonna be a real war again."

"There used to be some food in the sawdust. Now it's all sawdust. No joke either."

"Replacements are all like that. Not even old enough to carry a pack. All they know how to do is die."

"[of Katczinsky] If he were out, the war would be over. You remember what he always said: 'They're savin' him for the last.'"

"[to class] You are the life of the Fatherland, you boys. You are the iron men of Germany. You are the gay heroes who will repulse the enemy when you are called upon to do so. It is not for me to suggest that any of you should stand up and offer to defend his country. But I wonder if such a thing is going through your heads? I know that in one of the schools, the boys have risen up in the classroom and enlisted in a mass. But, of course, if such a thing should happen here, you would not blame me for a feeling of pride. Perhaps, some will say that you should not be allowed to go yet, that you are too young, that you have homes, mothers, fathers, that you should not be torn away."

"Rita Hayworth - Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister"

"Bo Svenson as Roy Jennings"

"Mark Mattingly as Franco "One Ball" Peterson"

"Eileen Heckart as Mary Jackson"

"Moses Gunn as Staff Sergeant Luke Webster"

"Everett McGill as Major Malcolm A. Powers"

"Marsha Mason as Aggie"

"Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway"

"This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy, and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it."

"You can run me, you can starve me, you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me."

"Charles Bates - Roger Newton"

"Edna May Wonacott - Ann Newton"

"Wallace Ford - Det. Fred Saunders"

"Hume Cronyn - Herbie Hawkins"

"Patricia Collinge - Emma Newton"

"Henry Travers - Joseph Newton"

"Macdonald Carey - Det. Jack Graham"

"Joseph Cotten - Uncle Charlie Oakley"

"Teresa Wright - Charlie Newton"

"Evelyn Ellis - Bessie (Bannister maid)"

"Louis Merrill - Jake"

"Carl Frank - Dist. Atty. Galloway"

"Gus Schilling - 'Goldie' Goldfish"

"Erskine Sanford - Judge"

"Ted de Corsia - Sidney Broome"

"Glenn Anders - George Grisby"

"Everett Sloane - Arthur Bannister"

"Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara"

"The Story Of A Reckless Woman!"

"Do all rich women play games like this?"

"I told you... you know nothing about wickedness"

"New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be."

"When I start out to make a fool of myself, there's very little can stop me. If I'd known where it would end, I'd never let anything start, if I'd been in my right mind, that is. But once I'd seen her, once I'd seen her, I was not in my right mind for quite some time...me, with plenty of time and nothing to do but get myself in trouble. Some people can smell danger, not me."