Old Bill and Son Page #6

Synopsis: WWI veteran Bill is inspired to re-enlist in 1939, and ends up serving with his son.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Year:
1941
96 min
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after I was promoted and took over the

command yes sir

I remember him saying is how they'd run

out the colonel so they made you wear it

oh come on sit down as we can say thank

you sir well now now what can I do for

you

he said it's like this yeah I've been

trying to join up a game I'm in round to

the recruiting office sir but when it

come to my turn they wouldn't have me so

I thought I'd come to you sir so you

could put them right about it after all

I got to do it you'll tell them hey sir

well what about a drink I don't mind if

I do sir oh yeah how about the drop

around sir just for old times sake sort

of suitable celebration for my rejoining

it

I'll say you're keen on rejoining hey

that's right sir if you'll do the

necessary means that's the trouble Busby

you're not the only one in this typical

dude I got a definite age limit now

well as a matter of fact they've turned

me down too you're a general said hey

there's a meadow pass history now course

is really unfortunate what comes in here

day after day sitting around with the

others one wanted there it is I'm sorry

sure what do you think said not in your

eye sir

well at least we've escaped the mud so

there's no way of getting round it was

really not bidding I reckon is another

war left me yet

hey you put them down what's the idea

saving it for the trenches

good heavens Busby general will it be

sad so you got here at last Busby this

thanks to you said now they're both on

the job again I didn't expect to see you

yes but you often find generals at the

front of the pack as you might say said

I'm no longer a general does be really

really junior lending officer all they

give me I'd be anything rather than a

mr. Sir well never mind sh*t expecting

time would be local boy makes good man

get a move on will you tell these men to

fall in the back of the door yes sir

come on Busby up GHQ wants to get

started

that's good I said there's a run can

carry down the road in the ditch about

two miles oh oh I think I'll deal with

that dismiss the squad

what the captain say not as you couldn't

drive a donkey card better humours what

about the tow he says none of he knows

it he's sending a party to dig you out

right yep right pick him up

what I'm bald

I keep it dinner warm for him I know

what you can do with it now pass all.

Barney's all prison clicks well strike

me pink series imagine outage how the

heck did you get out here influence I

told you you young fellas couldn't pull

it off without me

and what about your blinking

mechanization now I suppose you expect

us to go over the battlefields with a

steamroller for you comes along I know

who's in charge of the boys brigade I am

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Bruce Bairnsfather

Captain (Charles) Bruce Bairnsfather (9 July 1887 – 29 September 1959) was a prominent British humorist and cartoonist. His best-known cartoon character is Old Bill. Bill and his pals Bert and Alf featured in Bairnsfather's weekly "Fragments from France" cartoons published weekly in "The Bystander" magazine during the First World War. more…

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