PT Raiders (1955)

George Baker: Bill Randall

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : [narrating]  And so she died. She gave up and died... in anger and in shame. Yes, she had her pride!

• Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : But don't forget I'm in this with you and Birdie.

  George Hoskins : Look, let me deal with the sordid details. They're right my street. You're happy with the ship. I'll leave that to you.

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : Okay, I'm responsible for 1087. Then I'd better know what she's expected to do.

  George Hoskins : Oooh! For Pete's sake, is the ship goin' to have a say in the kinds of jobs we take on?

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : She won't ask any questions certainly.

  George Hoskins : Like the ideal woman, aay? She does what you want when you want it. If we knew the way and could set a course for Hell, she'd go!

• Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : [referring to a suspicious-looking passenger]  I wonder who the devil he is!

  George Hoskins : Let's just say 500 quid and leave it at that!

• George Hoskins : You said the jobs were getting worse. You're right. Last night was too much!

  [he crushes the newspaper in his hands] 

  George Hoskins : We'll get out!

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : Do you really believe we can get out now?... finish? Clean off the muck and forget what we've done? Do you really believe that?

  George Hoskins : Why not?

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : Because it happened! We did those things! From the smuggling of a few bottles of wine in the early days to the carrying of that raving maniac last night! We did it all, George, and we can't wipe that off the scoreboard!

• Birdie : She won't do it... not after what we made her do, not after that! She's got her pride - like all of us! She won't do it! You can't blame her!

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : No, Birdie, I don't blame her.

• Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : You'll never get away with this!

  George Hoskins : Let's try, shall we?

• Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : [narrating]  I know about ships. They're wood and metal and nothing else. They don't have souls. They don't have wills of their own. And they don't talk back.

• George Hoskins : The old firm eh? Hoskins and Randall...

  Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 : Put like that our operations were practically a moral crusade. Our only aim in life was to make people happy. Hoskins did the fixing. I sailed the boat.