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I will make you a wager

Judgment at Nuremberg

I'll make you a wager... I don't make wagers. A gentleman's wager... in five years, the...

Judgment at Nuremberg • 1961

Hans Rolfe: I'll make you a wager...
Judge Dan Haywood: I don't make wagers.
Hans Rolfe: [chuckles] A gentleman's wager... in five years, the men you sentenced to life imprisonment will be free.
Judge Dan Haywood: Herr Rolfe, I have admired your work in the court for many months. You are particularly brilliant in your use of logic...
[Rolfe nods with an appreciative smile]
Judge Dan Haywood: -so, what you suggest may very well happen. It *is* logical, in view of the times in which we live. *But to be logical is not to be right*, and *nothing* on God's earth could ever *make it* right!
[Rolfe wipes the smile from his face]

Full Transcript

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I will make you a wager

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I don't make wagers

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A gentlemen's wager

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In five years the men you sentenced to life imprisonment will be free

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Herr Rolfe I have admired your work in the courtroom for many months

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You are particularly brilliant in your use of logic

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So what you suggest may very well happen

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It is logical in view of the times in which we live

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But to be logical is not to be right

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And nothing on God's earth could ever make it right

Duration

45 seconds

Views

807

Timestamp in Movie

02:54:39

Uploaded

Jan 26, 2025

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Production

United Artists,Roxlom Films,Stanley Kramer Productions

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Movie Summary

In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.