The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

Major Stringer: Well, now, it's time for me to listen to you for a change.
Captain Thompson: What do you mean by that?
Major Stringer: I mean, let me have it. What did I do wrong?
Captain Thompson: You did everything wrong.

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Captain Thompson: Corporal Stevens.
[Stevens steps forward and salutes, and Thompson returns the salute]
Captain Thompson: Do you usually let your men slouch about in that fashion?
Marine Stevens: No, sir. We've just finished an exercise, and...
Captain Thompson: I'm not interested in what you've finished.

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Captain Thompson: I've never seen such an appalling exhibition in my life.

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This movie's budget was considered expensive during the era in which it was produced.
Vivienne Knight in her Trevor Howard biography 'Trevor Howard: A Gentleman and a Player' states in relation to this movie that " . . . the Portuguese government had decreed that filming in Portugal for this movie would have to stop unless the film company guaranteed to make a documentary about Portugal to be shown with 'Cockleshell Heroes'. It was a rare stab at blackmail coming from any government, particularly as it must have been obvious that, once the film was sold for distribution, nobody could possibly guarantee that another film would be shown with it. However, Euan Lloyd Warwick Pictures production assistant was not about to argue. He had been deputized to write, produce and direct the documentary; he also got the excellent second unit cameraman, Ted Moore, who later won an Oscar for A Man for All Seasons. Trevor Howard volunteered to do the commentary. The schedule was arranged to give Trevor two free days and the unit of three went off to shoot footage of caves and any other points of interest they could find. They also found the famous fado singer,