Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

Robert Beatty: Lt. William Bush

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• Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N : Gentlemen, we will raise our objective within two days. It will be identified by a fortress on a hill overlooking a large bay.

  [Hornblower leaves the quarterdeck] 

  Lt. Crystal : A fortress... and a wind before morning. Huh! Heat's gone to his head.

  Lt. William Bush : Well, I think he knows more than he's saying.

  Lt. Crystal : Perhaps you'd care to take a wager on it, Mr. Bush?

  Lt. William Bush : How much can you afford?

  Lt. Crystal : Five shillings that says no wind and ten shillings that we don't sight any fortress.

  Lt. William Bush : Done!

• [Hornblower informs his officers of the approach of a Spanish ship-of-the-line] 

  2nd Lt. Gerard : A sixty gunner! What do you suppose he's up to?

  Lt. Crystal : We don't clear the bay, I'll wager we're all dead before morning.

  Lt. William Bush : How much can you afford this time?

  Lt. Crystal : Twenty shillings.

  Lt. William Bush : Done! Where shall I send the money if you win?

• Lt. William Bush : Well, I expected to lose my leg, sir, but not all the way up to the neck.

• Lt. William Bush : It is the captain's wish, Your Ladyship, that from now on you and your maid remain below.

  Lady Barbara Wellesley : [to Hornblower]  Can two women really be so distracting, Captain?

  Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N : May I remind you that my men have been continously at sea for eight months?

  Lady Barbara Wellesley : [as Hornblower begins to walk away]  Oh, Captain!

  [He stops and turns to her] 

  Lady Barbara Wellesley : And how long have you been at sea?

  Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N : [Hornblower turns to walk away, stops, and clears his throat]  Ha-Hmmm!

  [He continues to walk away] 

• Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N : Mr. Bush, here are the keys to my dispatch box containing the Admiralty's orders. If I'm not back aboard by midnight, you will assume command.

  Lt. William Bush : Not back on board, sir? But you said they were on our side!

  Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N : War breeds strange allies, Mr. Bush

• Midshipman Longley : What if the Spanish attack while we're at anchor?

  Lt. William Bush : The Lydia'd be blown to bits... and I'd lose twenty shillings.

• Lt. Crystal : Admiral's barge heading our way.

  Lt. William Bush : Hoist the storm warnings. It's Mucho Pomposo himself.

  2nd Lt. Gerard : Who?

  Lt. William Bush : Sir Rodney Leighton, Knight of the Bath, Knight of the Tower, Sword of Portugal. For some extraordinary reason, a rear admiral in His Majesty's Navy.

  2nd Lt. Gerard : Come to claim his lady.

  Lt. William Bush : Pipe the side!