“We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fella just blinked.” – Dean Rusk, Thirteen Days ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Thirteen Days 2000

Dean Acheson Len Cariou

[Soviet ships turn away from the U.S. blockade of Cuba]

We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fella just blinked.

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