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Originally Posted by Mark E Horan
How can you beat the classic scene after so many of the ground echelon, having qualified as aircrew in secret, sneaked aboard several of the Groups aircraft and General Savage (Peck) found out and cornered Stovall (Dean Jagger:
Savage: "Ya hit anything up there Harvey?"
Stovall: "Well sir, my glasses were frosted over some, but I think I got a piece of one."
Savage: "Ours, or theirs?"
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Major Stovall's best line was "I've never heard of a jury convicting the lawyer." A cute joke there, but underlying it & the scene was the fact that a commander cant excuse himself from a mistake due to bad advice from subordinates. Both Savage & Stovall understand there that if Major Stovall is wrong it will be Brigadier Savage that pays for it.