Foyle's War (TV Series)

Fifty Ships (2003)

Steven O'Donnell: Henry Jamieson

Quotes 

• [Jamieson, a volunteer firefighter, has been caught stealing valuables from bombed-out houses] 

  Henry Jamieson : I haven't got anything to say to you.

  DCS Christopher Foyle : Well, that doesn't surprise me. You know, I sometimes wonder why I do this job. And then I come across someone like you. I mean, we're living in such evil times, when the whole world seems to be sinking into some sort of mire. And as if Hitler wasn't enough, we got the likes of you, who capitalize on other people's misery, who hurt them, make things even worse for them when they're at their weakest. And it's with the likes of you that this... mire... begins. And it's some small consolation to know that I've helped to clean up just a little bit of it.

• Sgt. Paul Milner : You'll be charged under Defence Regulations 38A. And I should warn you that you could be facing the death penalty.

  Henry Jamieson : ...What?

  Sgt. Paul Milner : Malicious damage and larceny in war-damaged areas.

  Henry Jamieson : No... no, you can't hang me. I mean... I wasn't doing nothing that anyone else isn't doing. I mean...

  [Milner just looks at him] 

  Henry Jamieson : [whispering]  Oh, Jesus!