The Dam Busters (1955)
Patrick Barr: Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
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Quotes
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Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : How'd you get on?
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : It's hopeless.
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : What happened?
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : Nothing. I walked up and down Whitehall. In and out of offices. Up and down stairs. Sat outside rooms. I felt like a peddlar trying to sell clockwork toys.
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : I wish there was something I could do.
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : There is, Mutt.
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : What?
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : Let's take the whole thing straight to Bomber Command.
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : Harris?
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : Yes! You're one of the few men that really know him. If he sees the films and gets interested... Well, it'll only need one word from him.
[sees Mutt shaking his head]
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : Why not?
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : Well, there's a bit of a snag there. See, he gets so innundated with fantastic inventions...
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. : Oh, that's ridiculous! Everything he's using had to have been invented. Look, if you tell him that it's worthwhile he'll listen to you, won't he?
Capt. Joseph Summers, CBE : I'll do what I can... But don't blame me if he throws us both out of the window.