Dunkirk Quotes

Peter Careful! Careful down there!

Alex He's dead, mate.

Peter ...So be bloody careful with him.

Shivering Soldier You haven't turned around.

Mr. Dawson No, we have a job to do.

Shivering Soldier Job? This is a pleasure yacht. You're weekend sailors, you're not the bloody Navy. A man your age?

Mr. Dawson Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?

Shivering Soldier You should be at home!

Mr. Dawson Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel.

Taglines (variant) 400,000 men couldn't get home. So home came for them.

Tommy Wars are not won by evacuation.

Alex Can't bear it... You read it.

Tommy Can't bear it?

Alex They'll be spitting at us in the streets. If they're not locked up waiting for the invasion.

Tommy ]

Alex What?

Tommy We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. and even if this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

Captain Winnant They need to send more ships. Every hour, the enemy pushes closer.

Commander Bolton They've activated the small vessels pool.

Captain Winnant Small vessels?

Commander Bolton It's a list of civilian boats for requisition.

Captain Winnant Civilian? We need destroyers!

Commander Bolton Small boats can load from the beach.

Captain Winnant Not in these conditions!

Commander Bolton Well, I'd rather fight waves than dive-bombers.

Taglines The event that shaped our world

Taglines Hope is a weapon. Survival is victory.

Collins He's on me!

Farrier I'm on him.

Old Man Well done, lads. Well done.

Alex All we did is survive.

Old Man That's enough.

Collins Afternoon.

Taglines When 400,000 men couldn't get home. Home came for them.

Commander Bolton The tide's turning now.

Captain Winnant How can you tell?

Commander Bolton The bodies are coming back.