Dunkirk (1958)
Robert Urquhart: Private Mike Russell
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Quotes
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Battery Sergeant Major : Corporal - where do you think you're going with that heap?
Private Mike Russell : [sotto voce] Home sweet home!
Battery Sergeant Major : Stand to attention when I'm speaking to you. Alright don't tell me, don't tell me,
[sarcastically]
Battery Sergeant Major : you got left behind when your unit pulled out. You've been astray and it's not your fault.
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : Yeah, that's right Sergeant Major...
Battery Sergeant Major : You're a shower!
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Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : I never wanted the blasted stripes in the first place!
Private Mike Russell : Too late now Tubby - you're stuck with them.
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Don R - Dispatch Rider : Who are you? What's your mob?
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : B Company, Wiltshires, 13th Brigade.
Don R - Dispatch Rider : Where's your unit?
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : That's what we want to know - thought perhaps you could help.
Don R - Dispatch Rider : Who was top of the league this year?
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : Top of the league? Darned if I know.
Barlow : There was no league held this year.
Private Mike Russell : Everton won it last year.
Don R - Dispatch Rider : You'll do.
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : He thinks we're ruddy Fifth Column!
Don R - Dispatch Rider : Well you can't be too careful these days!
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : Do we look like Fifth Column?
Don R - Dispatch Rider : No you don't - and neither do they. Blasted Jerries everywhere.
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Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : Are you alright Mike?
Private Mike Russell : Of course I'm alright.
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : What are you doing then?
Private Mike Russell : I'm trying to get out of this bloody hedge.
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Corporal 'Tubby' Binns : Got a fag, Mike?
Private Mike Russell : Aye, and I'm keeping it.