The Captive Heart (1946)

Capt. Jim Grayson: I wonder how Jane is getting on these days?
Capt. Karel Hasek, alias Geoffrey Mitchell: Who's Jane? Your girl?
Capt. Jim Grayson: No, no. *The* Jane. The strip in the "Mirror".
Capt. Karel Hasek, alias Geoffrey Mitchell: [realizing he's made a mistake] Oh, yes, the strip in the mirror.

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Cpl. Ted Horsfall: [remembering his last night at home, before leaving for France, as he finishes a glass of beer at a farewell party] Ahhhhh. Beer isn't what it used to be.
Pvt. Don Evans: I hope the French beer isn't what it used to be either. Remember the last time, Ted?
Cpl. Ted Horsfall: Yeah. I remember something even better than beer too.

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Pvt. Don Evans: [writing a letter home] How do you spell "sufficient"?
Cpl. Ted Horsfall: Same as a Sergeant-Major's blessing. Two "f"'s and one "c".

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Some of the actors, including Derek Bond and Sam Kydd, had actually been POWs during World War II.
The 1953 U.S. reissue title was "Captive Camp 23."
Considered to be the first WWII POW prisoner-of-war film.
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