Dunkirk Page #3

and all the whiskey

you want.

You're sitting pretty,

aren't you, Holden?

Yes, it is a lovely war.

Well, wouldn't you

if you were in my place?

Wouldn't everybody?

Doesn't everybody?

The war's a blasted

phony anyway?

MAN:

I'm a bit tired of that.

Tired of what?

This "phony war" business.

Well, isn't it?

No, it's not.

I've just come

out of hospital

after 10 days in an open boat

off the Faroes

and I'm sick and tired

of blokes like you

with soft jobs ashore!

Come outside!

Now, don't be silly.

I've lost two fingers off

that hand

but I'm gonna take you

outside

and knock your block off

with my right.

ALFRED:
Ah, take it easy.

There's no need for that.

I'm sorry. I apologize.

I'll come outside

if you insist.

That won't do any good.

It's not his fault.

It's the fault

of all of us.

You make me sick.

All of you!

It may be a phony war

to you,

but it's not

to all the boys at sea.

It never has been.

Come on, Charles.

We'd better be getting home.

Goodnight, Mr. Holden.

You treat this whole thing

as a personal issue.

That was nearly a fight,

And poor little Holden

would have got it.

To blazes with

poor little Holden.

He makes me sick!

He's like a lot more

in this country.

It's the same everywhere.

Is this supposed to be

a war effort?

You know, you're getting to be

a bit of a pain in the neck

about this war effort.

You don't see it anymore

than anyone else.

This debate in the House,

where's it got us?

Chamberlain's settled in

as comfortably as ever,

patting us on the head

and saying

that everything's

going to be all right

so that little squirts

like Holden

can sit back

on their fat subcontracts

and make more money than

they ever did in peace time.

What'll it be worth

if we lose this war?

We haven't lost it.

Now don't tell me next

that we're always at our best

when we're nearly beaten,

backs to the wall,

and all that bilge.

If you ask me,

we are nearly beaten.

Oh, Charles,

for goodness sake be human.

I know you feel we're making

a mess of things

but that's not the fault

of people like Holden.

They're doing their best

and they're

doing what they're told.

Of course he fusses

about his wife and baby.

There's nothing much wrong

with that.

It's no use tearing yourself

to pieces, Charles.

Yes, but we're being

such fools.

Poor old Charles.

You'd like to get at 'em

with your bare hands,

wouldn't you?

As far as I can see

that's about all we've got

our bare hands.

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I suppose they're flags

left over from the last war.

Aye, they just bring

'em out every 20 years.

Says a lot for the popularity

of our fathers, doesn't it?

You're right there,

Tubby.

That good looking piece

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