Twelve O’Clock High - “You’re already dead“

Gregory Peck plays Brigadier General Savage, who is put in charge of a “bad luck“ unit to put it into ship-shape. In this clip, he gives a speech to the unit for the first time. You’ve been looking at a lot of air lately... and you think you ought to have a rest. In short, you’re sorry for yourselves. I don’t have a lot of patience with this, “What are we fighting for?“ stuff. We’re in a war, a shooting war. We’ve got to fight. And some of us have got to die. I’m not trying to tell you not to be afraid. Fear is normal. But stop worrying about it and about yourselves. Stop making plans. Forget about going home. Consider yourselves already dead. Once you accept that idea, it won’t be so tough.