The General's Daughter (1999)

Brad Beyer: Bransford

Quotes 

• [Sunhill questions Captain Bransford's alibi for Elisabeth Campbell's rape at West Point] 

  Sunhill : Well, I only have just one question. How scared are you right now?

  Capt. Bransford : [Bransford smiles]  I'm sorry, Miss Sunhill. Is it possible that you're in the wrong place?

  Sunhill : Your heart's racing a little faster, there's a little ball in your throat, it's sticky under the arms.

  Capt. Bransford : [Bransford stands up]  Okay, I think that's enough.

  Sunhill : You can sit your ass back down.

• [Sunhill thanks Captain Bransford for his cooperation with Elisabeth Campbell's underwear] 

  Sunhill : [Sunhill holds the bag of underwear]  Thank you very much, Captain, for your cooperation. Someone from CID will be in touch.

  Capt. Bransford : [Sunhill stands up, throwing the bag of underwear in the trash next to them]  What are you doing?

  Sunhill : What does it look like?

  Capt. Bransford : What-What about the DNA?

  Sunhill : [Sunhill scoffs before smiling]  What DNA? I bought those an hour ago. So long, honey.

• [Bransford sits down as Sunhill continues to accuse Bransford of the Elisabeth Campbell rape] 

  Sunhill : I know you weren't the leader.

  Capt. Bransford : If you say so, Miss Sunhill. But I really do not know what in the world you're referring to.

  Sunhill : You're too weak to have started it. You're just a guy who's gotten by on his smile and his charm. It's a good smile, but you could never lead a rape.

  Capt. Bransford : Well, that sure is good to know.

  Sunhill : Elisabeth Campbell was murdered 36 hours ago. Staked out with tent pegs and strangled. So I'm going to ask you my question again, Captain Bransford. How scared are you right now?

• [Sunhill shows Captain Bransford an evidence bag of women's underwear] 

  Sunhill : Amazing scientific changes in the last few years, Captain, wouldn't you agree?

  Capt. Bransford : I wouldn't know.

  Sunhill : In certain fields, it's been incredible.

  Capt. Bransford : If you say so.

  Sunhill : Like DNA... If it's there, it's there forever. But then you probably already knew that.

  Capt. Bransford : [Bransford looks back at the underwear]  Those are hers aren't they?

  Capt. Bransford : [Bransford gets silent before staring up at Sunhill, then opening up to tell her the truth of the rape at West Point]  I tried to stop it. I did everything I could, but they hated her. They hated her so much. They hated that she was smarter than them, they hated being out there with someone who had to squat to piss. I tried to save her. I did everything I could, but I couldn't make them stop!