Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Leon Ames: Frank Knox

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• Frank Knox : But do you really think that this Kurusu can do any good?

  Cordell Hull : Well, I doubt it, Frank. He's hardly the most tactful choice. When he was ambassador in Berlin, he signed the Axis Pact on behalf of Japan.

• Frank Knox : [reading a report of the attack]  Oh, no, no, this can't be right; they must mean the Philippines!

  Admiral Stark : No, sir. It's Pearl!

  Frank Knox : [to his aide]  Get me the White House, the direct line!