How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Rhys Williams: Dai Bando

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Quotes 

• Dai Bando : A man is never too old to learn, is it, Mr. Jonas?

  Mr. Jonas : [uncertainly]  No.

  Dai Bando : I was in school myself once, but no great one for knowledge.

  Mr. Jonas : [angrily, shaking his cane]  Look here, what do you want?

  Dai Bando : Knowledge.

  [taking Mr. Jonas' cane] 

  Dai Bando : How would you go about taking the measurement of a stick, Mr. Jonas?

  Mr. Jonas : By its' length, of course.

  Dai Bando : And how would you measure a man who would use a stick on a boy one-third his size?

  [throws Mr. Jonas' cane aside] 

  Cyfartha : Tell us!

  Dai Bando : Now, you are good in the use of a stick, but boxing is my subject... according to the rules laid down by the good Marquis of Queensbury.

  Cyfartha : [saluting]  God rest his soul!

  Dai Bando : And happy I am to pass on my knowledge to you!

  [backhands Mr. Jonas, sending him reeling] 

• Dai Bando : Position again.

  [Dai Bando and Cyfartha drag Mr. Jonas to his feet] 

  Dai Bando : Could I have your attention, boys and girls? I am not accustomed to speaking in public...

  Cyfartha : Only public houses.

  Dai Bando : But this -

  [backhands Mr. Jonas in the nose, sending him sprawling] 

  Dai Bando : never use. It's against the rules. Break a man's nose. Now then -

  [turns to find Mr. Jonas collapsed against the wall, unconscious] 

  Dai Bando : I'm afraid he will never make a boxer.

  Cyfartha : No aptitude for knowledge.

• Dai Bando : [Cyfartha is holding Mr. Jonas in boxing position]  Now look, to make a good boxer, you must have a good... *right hand*, you see?

  [strikes Mr. Jonas with a right jab, the force of which knocks Mr. Jonas into the wall] 

  Dai Bando : Now, you see, that is how you will punish your man - with a right and a left, and put your shoulder into it!

  [Mr. Jonas is slumped against the wall, dazed] 

  Cyfartha : The gentleman is talking to you!

• Mr. Gruffydd : Who is for Gwilym Morgan and the others?

  Dai Bando : I, for one. He is the blood of my heart. Come, Cyfartha.

  Cyfartha : ...'Tis a coward I am. But I will hold your coat.