Denholm Elliott credited as playing...
Morell
- Watts: [repairing the engine] Come to see the fun, sir? It won't be long now.
- Morell: Fine, chief, but the captain's a little worried about the noise. Could you do anything to... tone it down a bit?
- Watts: Pretty well finished now, sir. We're just flabbin' up the nuts. Could you hear the hammerin' up top?
- Morell: Hear it? There were U-boats popping up from miles around complaining about the racket.
- Lockhart: [at the mess table] Getting rattled, John?
- Morell: Well, whatever we do, these damn U-boats seem to get through the screen every time. We lost almost half our convoy and an escort and are almost two days from Gibralter.
- [he gags with disgust;]
- Morell: It's an odd thing to think if nothing else happens, this is probably the worst convoy in the history of sea warfare.
- Lockhart: [trying to be comforting] Something to tell your grandchildren.
- Morell: Yes, indeed, in fact, if you can guarantee I will have grandchildren, I shall recover my spirits immediately.
- Baker: But how can he guarantee you'll have grandchildren?
- Morell: [angrily] Well, if they're as stupid as you are, I hope I don't have any!
- Baker: [taken aback at the outburst] Oh, I say...
- Baker: [he eats without further response]
- Morell: Most Moving. I imagine there's nothing we can do to help him.
- Lt. Cmdr. Ericson: What are you all grinning at?
- Lockhart: Sorry, sir. I was thinking of something.
- Morell: It hardly does you credit, at a time like this. If the First Lieutenant is in pain, I should not have thought you would be able to laugh at anything else.