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12. “You can’t handle the truth!”
A few good men, 1992. Jack Nicholsens character, Colonel Jessep is on the stand, being interrogated on the witness stand by US Navy Judge Advocate LT JG Kaffeee (Tom Cruise). Cruise’s character is defending a couple of Marines held responsible for the hazing death of a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The accused insist they were ordered to do it via an unofficial order known as a “Code Red”. Kaffee catches Jessep in a lie during questioning, and provokes him shouting “I want the truth!” The arrogant Jessep takes the bait and, along with delivering the classic “You can’t handle the truth” line, proceeds to admit he ordered the code red in a stirring monologue no movie goer will ever forget. Director Rob Reiner said later that landing Jack Nicholson for the Jessep role was “like having Babe Ruth on the team.”
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