Ike: Countdown to D-Day (TV Movie 2004) - Timothy Bottoms as Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith

Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith : Last one at the dance or the first?

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower : Hell, it's just the way it is, Bedell. One minute I'm exactly what Churchill described, the most powerful man in history. Now the order's given, hell; I'm just audience, front row center to be sure. But a Corporal on Juno, a Private on Utah, they're the ones who will affect the outcome, not me. It's up to them now.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower : Traff, what you got?

Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory : Early estimates of airborne losses. Assume perfect weather and we go with the full or half-moon, no crosswind at the drop zone, losses could be as low as eight percent. But should any of the elements turn against us, casualties will spiral. It might hit a quarter... or more.

Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith : One in four? What's the split between wounded and dead?

Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory : Well, with paratroopers one might as well assume they're all dead. A wounded jumper is a cripple.. and we all know this enemy.
[Ike says he's too busy to give any press interviews]

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower : Have them interview division commanders, try some platoon sergeants...

[Smith enters]

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower : What about my chief of staff here, General Smith? What do you say, Beetle? You want to show the world your human face?

Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith : Sorry, sir, I wasn't issued one.

Timothy Bottoms: Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith