Cavalcade (1933)
Frank Lawton: Joe Marryot
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Quotes
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Joe Marryot : If there is a war, how long do you think it'll last?
Robert Marryot : Oh, three months at the outside.
Joe Marryot : We shall win.
Robert Marryot : We shall win.
[Robert uncorks a bottle of wine]
Joe Marryot : [eagerly] Perhaps it'll last six months.
Robert Marryot : Economically impossible. Have you any idea what a war costs?
Joe Marryot : Hell of a lot I suppose.
Robert Marryot : A Hell of a lot. The Germans can afford it even less than we can. Then there's Russia...
Joe Marryot : Good old Russia!
Robert Marryot : ... France, Italy, and America...
Joe Marryot : ... Japan, China, Nicaragua, Guatemala; huh, why, we got 'em licked before we start.
Robert Marryot : Don't be silly Joey.
Joe Marryot : [lightly laughs] Sorry.
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Joe Marryot : Ah. Oh, it's a bit of luck the war coming when it did - I was properly fed up with Oxford.
Soldier Friend of Joe : Oxford? I was just starting at an accountant's office.