Demi Moore credited as playing...
Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway
- Capt. West: [in West's office] Commander Galloway, why don't you get yourself a cup of coffee.
- Galloway: Thank you, sir, I'm fine.
- Capt. West: [irritated because she didn't understand his intention] Commander, I'd like you to leave the room so we can talk about you behind your back.
- Galloway: Certainly, sir.
- Downey: [after the verdict was read] I don't understand... Colonel Jessup said he ordered the Code Red.
- Galloway: I know but...
- Downey: [nervously] Colonel Jessup said he ordered the Code Red! What did we do wrong?
- Galloway: It's not that simple...
- Downey: [anxiously] What did we do wrong? We did nothing wrong!
- Dawson: Yeah we did. We were supposed to fight for people who couldn't fight for themselves. We were supposed to fight for Willy.
- Lt. Weinberg: [refering to Dawson and Downey after court has adjourned for the day] Why do you like them so much?
- Galloway: Because they stand on a wall and say, "Nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch."
- Galloway: [refering to Jessup] You put him on the stand and you get it from him!
- Kaffee: [sarcastically, refering to Jessup in his apartment] Oh, we get it from him! Yes! No problem! We get it from him.
- [turns to Sam as if he were Jessup on the stand]
- Kaffee: Colonel Jessup, isn't it true that you ordered the Code Red on Santiago?
- Lt. Weinberg: Listen, we're all a little...
- Kaffee: [interrupts with game-show buzzer sound] eeehhhhh! I'm sorry, your time's run out! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for our defendants, it's a life time at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And, for defense counsel Kaffee, that's right, it's a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated Marine officer of conspiracy and perjury, Lieutenant Kaffee will have a long and prosperous career teaching... typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globbo School for Women! Thank you for playing "Should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid!"
- Galloway: [after sensing his contempt for Dawson and Downey after court has adjourned for the day] Why do you hate them so much?
- Lt. Weinberg: They beat up on a weakling; that's all they did. The rest is just smokefilled coffee-house crap. They tortured and tormented a weaker kid. They didn't like him. So, they killed him. And why? Because he couldn't run very fast.
- Galloway: [to Danny as walks out his office building] Hi, there.
- Kaffee: Having any luck in getting me replaced?
- Galloway: Is there anyone in this command that you don't eat or drink or play softball with?
- Kaffee: Commander, I...
- Galloway: Listen, I came to make peace. We got off on the wrong foot. What do you say? Friends?
- Kaffee: I don't think...
- Galloway: By the way, I brought Downey some comic books he was asking for. The kid, Kaffee, I swear, he doesn't know where he is. He doesn't even know why he's been arrested.
- Kaffee: Commander?
- Galloway: You can call me Joanne.
- Kaffee: Joanne?
- Galloway: Or Jo.
- Kaffee: Jo?
- Galloway: Yes?
- Kaffee: If you speak to a client of mine again without my permission, I'll have you disbarred. Friends?
- Galloway: I had authorization.
- Kaffee: From where?
- Galloway: Downey's closest living relative, Ginny Miller, his aunt on his mother's side.
- Kaffee: You got authorization from Aunt Ginny?
- Galloway: I gave her a call like you asked. Very nice woman we spoke for about an hour.
- Kaffee: [before getting into his car] You got authorization from Aunt Ginny.
- Galloway: Perfectly within my province.
- Kaffee: Does Aunt Ginny have a barn? We can hold the trial there. I can sew the costumes. Maybe his Uncle Goober can be the judge.
- Galloway: I'm going to Cuba with you tomorrow.
- Kaffee: [before driving off] And the hits just keep on coming.
- Galloway: [showing up at his apartment unannounced] I'm sorry to bother you, I should have called first.
- Kaffee: No, no, I was just watching a ball game. Come on in.
- Galloway: I was wondering if... how'd you would feel about my taking you to dinner tonight.
- Kaffee: Are you asking me out on a date?
- Galloway: No...
- Kaffee: It sounded like you were asking me out on a date.
- Galloway: I wasn't.
- Kaffee: I've been asked out on dates before, and that's what it sounded like.
- Galloway: Do you like seafood? I know a good seafood place.
- Lt. Weinberg: [in Danny's apartment, referring to their new strategy] Alright, what do you suggest we do?
- Galloway: I say we hit Jessup with the phony transfer order.
- Lt. Weinberg: A transfer order without a witness.
- Kaffee: We have a witness.
- Lt. Weinberg: A dead witness.
- Kaffee: And in the hands of a lesser attorney that'd be a problem.
- Lt. Weinberg: Look at this, last night he's swimming in Jack Daniels and now he can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
- Kaffee: I'm getting my second wind. Sit down, both of you.
- [Sees that they are already sitting]
- Kaffee: Good. Jessup told Kendrick to order the code red, Kendrick did and our clients followed the order. The cover-up isn't our case - to win Jessup needs to tell the court members that he ordered the code red.
- Lt. Weinberg: And now you think you can get him to just say it?
- Kaffee: I think he wants to say it. I think he's pissed off that he's gotta hide from this. I think he wants to say that he made a command decision and that's the end of it.
- [Starts imitating Jessup]
- Kaffee: He eats breakfast 300 yards away from 4000 Cubans that are trained to kill him. And nobody's going to tell him how to run his unit least of all the Harvard mouth in his faggoty white uniform. I need to shake him, put him on the defensive and lead him right where he's dying to go.
- Lt. Weinberg: That's it? That's the plan?
- Kaffee: That's the plan.
- Lt. Weinberg: And how are you going to that?
- Kaffee: I have no idea. I need my bat.
- Lt. Weinberg: What?
- Kaffee: I need my bat. I think better with my bat. Where's my bat?
- Galloway: I put it in the closet.
- Kaffee: You put it in the closet?
- Galloway: I was tripping on it.
- Kaffee: Don't ever put that bat in the closet.
- Kaffee: [in an empty hallway after work hours] You and Dawson, you both live in the same dream world. It doesn't matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove! So please, don't tell me what I know or don't know. I know the LAW.
- Galloway: You know nothing about the law. You're a used- car salesman, Daniel. You're an ambulance chaser with a rank. You're nothing. Live with that.
- Kaffee: [getting Jack's attention while he's playing basketball] Jack? Jack! They were given an order.
- Capt. Ross: [to his friends] I'll be right back. I'll be right back.
- Galloway: How long have you known about the order?
- Capt. Ross: [walking away from the basketball court] I didn't. Who's this?
- Kaffee: She's Jo Galloway. She's Downey's attorney. She's very pleased to meet you.
- Capt. Ross: [talking privately] What exactly are you accusing me of, Commander?
- Galloway: How long have you known about the order?
- Kaffee: Jack didn't know about the order because if Jack did and he didn't tell us Jack knows he'd be violating about 14 articles of the Code of Ethics. As it is, Jack's got enough to worry about because, God forbid, our clients should decide to plead not guilty and testify for the record that they were given an order.
- Capt. Ross: Kendrick specifically told those men not to touch Santiago.
- Kaffee: That's right and then he went into Dawson and Downey's room and specifically ordered them to give Santiago a code red.
- Capt. Ross: That's not what Kendrick says.
- Kaffee: Kendrick's lying.
- Capt. Ross: You have proof?
- Kaffee: I have the defendants.
- Capt. Ross: And I have 23 Marines who aren't accused of murder and a Lieutenant with 4 letters of commendation.
- Kaffee: Why did Markinson go UA?
- Capt. Ross: You'll never know.
- Kaffee: You think I can't subpoena Markinson?
- Capt. Ross: You can try but you won't find him. You know what Markinson did for the first 17 of his 26 years in the Corps? Counterintelligence. Markinson's gone; there is no Markinson. Look, Danny, Jessup's star is on the rise. Division will give me a lot of room on this one to spare Jessup and the Corps any embarrassment.
- Kaffee: How much room?
- Capt. Ross: I'll knock it all down to involuntary manslaughter, two years they'll be home in six months.
- Galloway: No deal, we're going to court.
- Capt. Ross: No, you're not.
- Galloway: Why not?
- Capt. Ross: Because you'll lose and Danny knows it. And Danny also knows that if it does go to court then that means I'm going to have to go all the way. His clients are going to get charged with the whole truckload. Murder. Conspiracy. Conduct unbecoming. And even though he's got me by the balls out here Danny knows that in a court room he loses this case. You see, Danny's an awfully talented lawyer and he's not about to let his clients go to jail for life when he knows that they could be home in six months. That's the end of this negotiation. I'll see you tomorrow morning at the arraignment.
- [upon first meeting in her office]
- Galloway: You're the attorney division assigned?
- Kaffee: I'm lead counsel, and this is Sam Weinberg.
- Lt. Weinberg: I have no responsibilities here whatsoever.
- Galloway: [in her office, refering to Danny] Tell your friend not to get cute down there, the Marines at Gitmo are fanatical.
- Lt. Weinberg: [before leaving her office] Fanatical about what?
- Galloway: About being Marines.
- Kaffee: [when Galloway insists on investigation instead of an instant uninformed plea-bargain while in her office] Commander, do you have some sort of jurisdiction here that I should know about?
- Galloway: My job is to make sure that you do your job. I'm Special Counsel for Internal Affairs, so jurisdiction's pretty much in your face.
- Capt. Ross: Why did you go into Santiago's room?
- Galloway: The witness has rights!
- Capt. Ross: The witness has been read his rights, Commander.
- Judge Randolph: The question will be repeated.
- Galloway: Your Honor!
- Capt. Ross: Why did you go into Santiago's room?
- Downey: Hal?
- Capt. Ross: Did Lance Corporal Dawson tell you to give Santiago a Code Red?
- Downey: Hal?
- Capt. Ross: Don't look at him!
- Downey: Hal?
- Dawson: Private, answer the captain's question!
- [Private Downey turn back and answer Captain Ross's question. Captain is mean and grudge]
- Downey: Yes, Captain, I was given an order by my squad leader, Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson, United States Marine Corps, and I followed it.
- [Captain Ross hears a good answer. What's wrong with Commander Galloway while she's objecting. And Lieutenant Kaffee is silent and listen to Downey's testimony]
- Kaffee: [in Barnes' Humvee] Whoa. Hold it. We gotta take a boat?
- Barnes: Yes, sir. To get to the other side of the bay.
- Kaffee: Nobody said anything about a boat.
- Barnes: Is there a problem, sir?
- Kaffee: No, no problem. I'm just not that crazy about boats, that's all.
- Galloway: Jesus Christ, Kaffee, you're in the Navy for crying out loud.
- Kaffee: Nobody likes her very much.
- Barnes: Yes, sir!