The Cruel Sea (1953)
Donald Sinden: Lockhart
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Quotes
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Lockhart : [at the mess table] Getting rattled, John?
Morell : Well, whatever we do, these damn U-boats seem to get through the screen every time. We lost almost half our convoy and an escort and are almost two days from Gibralter.
[he gags with disgust;]
Morell : It's an odd thing to think if nothing else happens, this is probably the worst convoy in the history of sea warfare.
Lockhart : [trying to be comforting] Something to tell your grandchildren.
Morell : Yes, indeed, in fact, if you can guarantee I will have grandchildren, I shall recover my spirits immediately.
Baker : But how can he guarantee you'll have grandchildren?
Morell : [angrily] Well, if they're as stupid as you are, I hope I don't have any!
Baker : [taken aback at the outburst] Oh, I say...
Baker : [he eats without further response]
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Capt. Ericson : [after choosing a battle strategy that has cost lives] I had to do it!
Lockhart : Anyway, it's all in the report.
Capt. Ericson : It was my fault!
Lockhart : I... I identified it as a submarine. If anyone murdered those men, I did.
Capt. Ericson : No one murdered them - it's the war, the whole bloody war! We've just got to do these things and say our prayers at the end.
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Lockhart : Sir, reports from HQ say that there are five U-boats in this area.
Capt. Ericson : Five? It was good of them to tell us!
Lockhart : [Later that evening] Now they say there are nine U-boats operating around this area.
Capt. Ericson : Nine? Good grief, we must be very popular this evening!
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Lockhart : [after a battle] Are you all right?
Capt. Ericson : No, I don't mind telling you I'm not!
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Bennett : What sort of gun have we got?
Ferraby : Four inch.
Bennett : Four inch what? Breech-loading, quick-firing, mark IV, mark VI, fixed ammunition?
Ferraby : Four inch... I... I don't know.
Bennett : Find out! I'll ask you the next time I see you. Get to the dock office, and start mustering the confidential books!
Bennett : I'm the first lieutenant around here. And don't you forget it!
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Morell : Most Moving. I imagine there's nothing we can do to help him.
Lt. Cmdr. Ericson : What are you all grinning at?
Lockhart : Sorry, sir. I was thinking of something.
Morell : It hardly does you credit, at a time like this. If the First Lieutenant is in pain, I should not have thought you would be able to laugh at anything else.