My old grandmother used to say

My old grandmother used to say anything mechanical, give it a good bash. Try it now. Sure,...

The Longest Day • 1962
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Capt. Colin Maud:
[walking up to a stalled vehicle]
My old grandmother used to say anything mechanical, give it a good bash.
[Hits hood with his swagger stick]

Capt. Colin Maud:
Try it now.
[vehicle cranks]

Private Flanagan:
[to Clough]
Sure, now; that did it.
[notices Maud looks at him]

Private Flanagan:
Ah, now that's what I call a hell of a man!
Pvt. Clough:
Aye, I like his dog too.
Capt. Colin Maud:
Move inland. The war's that way.


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My old grandmother used to say
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anything mechanical give it a good bash
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Try it now
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Thank you sir
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Off you go Good luck
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I'm sure that got it out
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That's what I call a hell of a man
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Aye I like his dog too
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Don't stand there yapping
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This isn't Hyde Park Corner The war's over there

Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 21
Timestamp in movie: 02h 01m 55s
Uploaded: 26 November, 2022
Genres: war
Summary: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"


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Actors

Capt. Colin Maud - Kenneth More
Pvt. Clough - Norman Rossington