The Longest Day (1962)
Richard Burton: Flying Officer David Campbell
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Quotes
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Flight Officer David Campbell : The thing that's always worried me about being one of the few is the way we keep on getting fewer.
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Flight Officer David Campbell : He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. Do you suppose it's always like that? I mean war.
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RAF pilot at flight base : [talking about the invasion] Tonight. I KNOW it's tonight.
Flight Officer David Campbell : So it's tonight. Suits me fine. Tonight. This afternoon. NOW!
[pause]
Flight Officer David Campbell : Or, at least, as soon as I finish this beer.
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Pvt. Dutch Schultz : Getting on toward night. You know something? I haven't fired my gun all day. I keep hearing shootin', but every time I get there, everybody's gone!
Flight Officer David Campbell : It's funny, isn't it? He's dead, I'm crippled, You're lost. I suppose it's always like that. I mean war.
Pvt. Dutch Schultz : I wonder who won?
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RAF pilot at flight base : Poor old Johnny. Bad luck, it happening just now.
Flight Officer David Campbell : Now, then. What's the bloody difference?
RAF pilot at flight base : Well, he went through the Battle of Britain and all that. Just like you! And now if the big show starts tonight - he won't be in it.
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Pvt. Dutch Schultz : Is it bad?
Flight Officer David Campbell : Split wide open - from the crotch to the knee. A medic came along and gave me a shot of morphine. I hope he'll be back before it wears off. He said he would.
Pvt. Dutch Schultz : Did he sew you up?
Flight Officer David Campbell : Well, when he came ashore he lost most of his equipment. So he - so he pinned it together with - with safety pins.
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Flight Officer David Campbell : Give me a cigarette? I'm *dying* for a cigarette.