The Colditz Story

Fischer:
There is too much noise!

Harry Tyler:
[nervously, as there are Polish POWs hidden in the room] Oh, I'm sorry. We were laughing.

Fischer:
Ah, laughing! Oh, I see, you have the British humor. Well, Englishmen will laugh at anything... [Tyler smiles and nods]... but most people laugh at nothing. Here you will not laugh for long! Here you will remain until the war is won - by Germany! There will be no escape unless you wish to die! [Sarcastically as he is leaving the room] Now you can laugh if you wish.

Colonel Richmond:
[watching a particularly rough game in the excercise yard] Who was it said our ancestors were apes?

Colonel Richmond:
[discussing the death of Mac] We had a talk. I did the talking mostly. I was very unpleasant to him. I told him straight that he was too big. I told him every sentry in the camp was gunning for him - that he hadn't a hope of getting past the guards, and he agreed. I recommended him to think of standing down. There the discussion ended.

Pat Reid:
And his life as well!

Colonel Richmond:
The fact that he's dead hasn't escaped me, Pat!

Pat Reid:
[resentfully] That sentry didn't kill him!

Colonel Richmond:
[angrily] Watch your tongue or get out!

Pat Reid:
We knew he was too big, but it was his idea. We were prepared to take the risk!

Colonel Richmond:
I wasn't though, you muddle-headed idiot! Why can't you understand I'm not an individual like you, free to act according to my own desires! I'm senior British officer! I wish I wasn't, but I am. As such, my unfortunate responsibility is to see that British officers in here don't act like fools and lose their lives by doing it. By taking Mac with you, you might have lost half a dozen lives, not one!