Cutshaw

Captain Cutshaw: Are those the things we use to justify dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

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For my money, though, the star of the movie is Scott Wilson (nominated for a Golden Globe for this role) who plays disgraced astronaut Captain Cutshaw.

Overlooked Movie Monday: The Ninth Configuration » Scene-Stealers 2010

Whalin calls Cutshaw an unbelievable player and the team's "power hitter."

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However, near the end of the movie, after Col. Kane proves his loyalty to Cutshaw once and for all (in probably the most menacing barroom brawl of all time), the broken man finally gives in and tearfully delivers one of the more devastating one-shot moments in modern cinema:

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Cutshaw really establishes himself as the standout character when the film progresses into the second half.

Overlooked Movie Monday: The Ninth Configuration » Scene-Stealers 2010

Shilin and Cutshaw, Legends and Reality of the AK, p.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

Shilin and Cutshaw, Legends and Reality of the AK.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

Scott Wilson plays Captain Billy Cutshaw, who is terrified of dying in space.

The Skeletons of Spacemen Lou Anders 2006

Incidentally, Blatty once remarked that The Ninth Configuration was the "true sequel" to The Excorcist, and that the astronaut that the sleepwalking Regan warns "You're going to die up there," is in fact The Ninth Configuration's Captain Cutshaw.

The Skeletons of Spacemen Lou Anders 2006

Incidentally, Blatty once remarked that The Ninth Configuration was the "true sequel" to The Excorcist, and that the astronaut that the sleepwalking Regan warns "You're going to die up there," is in fact The Ninth Configuration's Captain Cutshaw.

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