A Few Good Men

Military courtroom thriller

A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film about two Marines charged with murder after a hazing incident at Guantanamo Bay.

The film is best known for the courtroom confrontation between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, whose line You can't handle the truth! became one of cinema's most quoted phrases.

Based on Aaron Sorkin's play of the same name.

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Premier combat aviator

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good, goods, goodness, women, fewer, goodwill, manhood, goodie, men's

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Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13