You Can't Handle the Truth!
Colonel Jessup explodes on the witness stand.
“You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!”
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- From
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- Type
- Movie
- Who
- Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson), Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise)
- Timecode
- Not added yet
The scene
Cross-examined by Lt. Kaffee, who shouts “I want the truth!”, Colonel Jessup roars back “You can’t handle the truth!” and goes on to incriminate himself.
It’s used before revealing something uncomfortable, like your real screen time.
