James Coburn credited as playing...
Lt. Commander 'Bus' Cummings
- Mrs. Barham: ...They're going to put up a monument on his grave.
- Emily Barham: What on earth for? All he did was die. Dear me, we shall be celebrating cancer and automobile smash-ups next.
- Lt. Cmdr. 'Bus' Cummings: [fervently] He didn't just die, Emily. He sacrificed his life.
- Mrs. Barham: That was very pagan of him.
- Lt. Cmdr. 'Bus' Cummings: He was the first American to die on Omaha Beach.
- Emily Barham: Was there a contest?
- Lt. Cmdr. 'Bus' Cummings: Well Sir, we wanted a hero. Now we've got one.
- Adm. William Jessup: You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
- Port Commander: What is this, some featherheaded gag, commander?
- Lt. Cmdr. 'Bus' Cummings: Sir?
- Port Commander: The demolition units sailed two hours ago. You featherheads in London, all you want to do is make movies. Who's running this featherheaded war, Ginger Rogers? The demolition units are halfway across the English Channel. The mission started two hours ago.