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'''Jessep:''' ''You can't '''handle''' the truth!''<ref>The rest of the line is [[A Few Good Men/Quotes|here]].</ref>}}
A 1989 play made into a 1992 movie directed by Rob Reiner, written by [[Aaron Sorkin]] and starring [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Jack Nicholson]], '''''A Few Good Men''''' is a military-themed courtroom drama in which young lawyer Kaffee (Cruise) defends two Marines accused of murder, who say they were acting under orders from Col. Jessep (Nicholson). The movie is mainly famous today for its "You want the truth? You can't ''handle'' the truth!" [[Motive Rant]] at the end.
{{tropelist|You can't ''handle'' the tropes!}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: Jessep is quite polite and charming which only makes his volatile personality and complete willingness to sacrifice people for his own gain more terrifying.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: Col. Jessup's meeting with his officers about Santiago is depicted after the start of the film.
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** Interestingly, Jessep was also wrong. Dr. Antonia Novello was the US Surgeon General when A Few Good Men was released. As the head of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Surgeons General always hold the rank of vice admiral. Jessep would have been required by law to salute her.
** He also uses a certain homophobic slur to describe Kaffee's uniform.
*** Jessep disparages the US Navy's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114104248/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/NROTC_500.jpg white service uniform], which Kaffee and Weinberg are both wearing (Galloway opted to wear the more situational appropriate service khaki). However, because Jessep doesn't single one of the Lieutenants out, his words were likely meant to show [[Interservice Rivalry|his contempt for the US Navy as a whole.]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: The title, to [[12 Angry Men]].
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: After Jessep was placed under arrest, Kaffee delivers this line.
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