The Place of the Dead (1997 TV Movie)

Timothy West: Chairman of the Inquiry

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Chairman of the Inquiry : [bangs gavel]  Bring them in, Private.

  Private : Sir!

  [soldiers enter] 

  Chairman of the Inquiry : Thank you gentlemen. I think we can now begin.

  [Neill approaches] 

  Chairman of the Inquiry : Pick up the Bible and read aloud the oath.

  LCpl. Robert Neill : I swear that the evidence I shall give before this court will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

• Chairman of the Inquiry : How did the Colonel seem?

  LCpl. Richard Mayfield : Didn't look well physically, sir, but he didn't seem right in his mind, either. My opinion, Colonel's judgement seemed to have been affected that day. Something seemed to happen to him the moment he stepped on the mountain.

• Sgt. Bob Mann : We lost each other. We thought they'd gone on.

  Chairman of the Inquiry : Well, why would they do that if they had an injured man with them?

  Sgt. Bob Mann : We run out of bloody food. See, to my mind, we should have never set foot in there in the first place. The actual gully is cursed. It was trying to teach us a lesson. Right, if the local people won't go in there, there's got to be a damn good reason. We should have shown a bit more respect.