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The president [Orson Welles, vaguely Nixonian] to the psychopath general with a cigar [Yul Brinner]: 'WaaAaAAAAAAaaaAaAAA! Bring us to Defcon2'
The general: 'We shall destroy him! And we shall prevail'. Starts to sing and dance.
The black general [Anthony Quinn] voice of wisdom, with a Hungarian accent for some reason: 'But Sirrrrr!'
The scientist [Paul Newman] barging into the room: 'No! Stop!' Proceeds to stare into the camera for 30 seconds.
The secretary [Katharine Hepburn]: 'We tried! Ah! We tried to stop him! Ah! No! Ah!' Wails uncontrollably.
The phone rings. It's the Soviet leader [Anthony Quinn, this time with a a Jamaican accent]...
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They don't make movies like that anymore.
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