Commander Denniston Quotes in The Imitation Game (2014)

Alan Turing: I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world.

Commander Denniston: Enigma isn't difficult, it's impossible. The Americans, the Russians, the French, the Germans, everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable.

Alan Turing: Good. Let me try and we'll know for sure, won't we?

Commander Denniston: This is Stewart Menzies. MI6.

Charles Richards: There are only five divisions of military intelligence. There is no MI6.

Stewart Menzies: Exactly. That's the spirit.

Commander Denniston: Well, you realize that six hundred miles away from London there's this nasty little chap called Hitler who wants to engulf Europe in tyranny.

Alan Turing: Politics isn't really my area of expertise.

Commander Denniston: Have you ever won a war, Turing? I have. You know how it's done? Discipline, order, chain of command. You're not at university any more, you're a very small cog in a very large system. And you will do as your commanding officer instructs.

Alan Turing: Who - who is your commanding officer?

Commander Denniston: Winston Churchill. Number 10 Downing Street, London SW1. You have a problem with my decision, you can take it up with him.