Whisky Galore

George is in his room with his Bible and bread and cheese 375 00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:47,161 and he will not be allowed out till Sabbath end. 376 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:50,381 "Not be allowed out"? I've never heard anything so preposterous. 377 00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:54,001 We have just been preached to on the commandments. 378 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:56,595 Are you not familiar with the fourth, Mr Waggett? 379 00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:58,589 Yes, of course I am. It's the adultery one? 380 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:01,467 "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy!" 381 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:04,682 Ah, well, Mrs Campbell, was it not you 382 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,852 who answered the telephone this morning, on the Sabbath? 383 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,476 How dare you insult me, 384 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,399 you who would lead my son away from the true path? 385 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:18,651 Mrs Campbell, our forces are at this very moment fighting Hitler in north Africa. 386 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:20,493 The Nazis keep fighting on a Sunday, 387 00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:23,079 so how can we be expected not to fight on a Sunday? 388 00:30:23,196 --> 00:30:25,574 The Isle of Todday is not in north Africa! 389 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,289 There are cannibals in Africa, 390 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:31,630 but no one is going to persuade my son to eat human flesh. 391 00:30:31,747 --> 00:30:35,126 Good God, woman, nobody's asking your son to eat human flesh. 392 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,675 I insist upon talking to Corporal Campbell right now! 393 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:40,505 Just" 394 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:56,196 They don't seem to realise what I'm up against here. 395 00:30:56,313 --> 00:30:57,485 No, dear. 396 00:30:57,606 --> 00:30:59,574 I mean, what would my colonel think 397 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:03,286 if he knew that the corporal in my Home Guard refuses to take an order 398 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:06,828 because he's been locked in his bedroom by his mother? 399 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:10,248 My mother used to say, when I was a little girl, 400 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,622 "Dolly, never trust a native." 401 00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:18,135 Yes, but that was in Ranchipur during the Raj 402 00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:20,128 and she was talking about the kitchen staff. 403 00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:25,184 Yes, dear, I believe you're right. The cook was always pilfering. 404 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:39,360 (Man) Well, hello again. 405 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:41,609 (Macroon) Aye. 406 00:31:43,110 --> 00:31:46,910 - How are things in the tweed business? - You can tell I'm a tweed salesman? 407 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:48,657 By the cut of your cloth. 408 00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:50,079 No, no. 409 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:55,252 Ma McPhee, your landlady. it is a small island, Mr Brown. 410 00:31:55,789 --> 00:31:59,635 I hear you use the post office to store live ammunition. Is that safe? 411 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:04,632 Ah, well, I'm keeping watch - Lieutenant Macroon of the Home Guard. 412 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:09,432 And yourself- fit, young tweed salesman that you are? 413 00:32:12,305 --> 00:32:14,808 - Exempt. - There's a thing, eh? 414 00:32:15,684 --> 00:32:17,903 I was hoping you could sell me a packet of Players. 415 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:21,899 - What time will the post office be open? - On the Sabbath day? 416 00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:25,653 If I was so much as to open that shop door and lean across the counter 417 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:28,155 and lay hands to a packet of cigarettes, 418 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:33,377 it is my belief that God himself would strike me down dead on the instant 419 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,916 with a fierce heart attack. 420 00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:40,918 Tweed, my arse! 421 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,090 (Motorbike starts) 422 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,859 (Macroon) '50,000 cases of whisky.' 423 00:33:06,735 --> 00:33:08,988 (Clock strikes) 424 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:16,124 (Shop bell rings) 425 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,668 Ah, Mr Macroon. 426 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:26,171 It's about Peggy. 427 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:30,433 And myself. Um... We want to get married. 428 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:34,930 And I was hoping, Mr Macroon, that you'll say yes and give us your blessing. 429 00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:37,892 It's getting late, Sergeant. 430 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,360 Marriage is an exhausting subject, 431 00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:43,572 especially on this particular night of endurance. 432 00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:46,992 The Sabbath will soon be over. 433 00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:48,610 (Knock on door) 434 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:52,326 Ah. 435 00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:55,291 Sergeant, the very person I was hoping to see. 436 00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:57,786 - Evening, sir