The Way Ahead (1944)

Leslie Dwyer: Pte. Sid Beck

Quotes 

• Pvt. Ted Brewer : I can't understand it - the government puts up walls with broken glass on top to protect its property, then trains blokes to get across it, at its own expense.

  Pte. Luke : At our expense, man. We're just cogs in a great machine - we pay for our own discomfort.

  Pvt. Herbert Davenport : These living conditions are most insanitary!

  Pte. Sid Beck : Not if we keep all the doors and windows open.

  Pvt. Herbert Davenport : I can't sleep with the windows open!

  Pte. Bill Parsons : How is your stomach, Mr Davenport?

  Pvt. Herbert Davenport : Acute.

  Pte. Bill Parsons : Hmmmm. That'll be the worry.

  Pte. Luke : It's your bowels. Driving a tractor for a week would it right for you.

  Pvt. Herbert Davenport : Are you a farmer, then?

  Pte. Luke : I wouldnae be here if I was. I worked on a farm though. They have a lassie doing my job now.

• Pte. Sid Beck : If we land at Phillipeville, there's a three-star hotel there with an American bar, which will doubtless have beer in stock. Those who prefer more exotic beverages, will find your curiosity amply satisfied by the mysterious bazaars and coffee-houses of the casbah, or Moslem quarter.