Dr. Sutton tells General Faversham, "Gordon’s dead."
Faversham, referring to his son Harry: ”I don’t mind telling you, doctor, I’m worried about him.” (0:03)
General Faversham tells the guests, referring to a soldier, "Hung about for a year or two, then blew his brains out."
Dr. Sutton: ”Ah, he had the courage to blow his brains out.” (0:07)
Harry tells his fiancee Ethne Burroughs, "We’ve discussed it so often, the futility of this idiotic Egyptioan adventure, the madness of it all..." (0:24)
Harry tells Dr. Sutton, "An officer who... shot himself in a back room of the Haymarket because his life was ruined..." (0:32)
Dr. Haraz asks Harry, "How then can a doctor help you, except to certify you as mad." (0:35)
Dr. Haraz tells Harry, "Oh, a mad race, the English."
Harry: ”No, not so mad.”
Haraz: ”Then why worry?” (0:39)
Soldier: "We were getting a little worried."
Durrance: ”Ah, need to worry.” (0:55)
Durrance tells Ethne’s brother Peter Burroughs, "I’m feeling a bit groggy." (0:56)
An enemy soldier strikes Harry on the head, rendering him unconscious. (1:00)
Durrance: "I’m blasted near mad."
”Nothing but a blind man and a dumb lunatic.”
Harry stops Durrance from shooting himself. (1:09)
Ethne believes Harry has died.
Dr. Sutton: ”We’re just having a dose of your country air, General.”
General Burroughs: ”It’ll be a dose of bronchitis if you don’t take care.” (1:16)
Her father Gen. Burroughs tells Ethne, referring to a soldier, "He doesn't ask for any pity or sympathy... I know it’s a noble unselfish impulse..." (1:23)
Durrance tells Ethne, "It nearly drove me mad... I was crazy with fever..." (1:23)
Peter Burroughs: "Willoughby, do I still look sane?" (1:27)
Khalifa’s assistant: "So the mad musician of Omdurman was a British spy." (1:32)
Durrance tells Dr. Sutton, "If I’d known from the start it was hopeless, I’d probably have blown my brains out."
Referring to Gen. Burroughs: ”He’ll be crazy about this.” (1:46)
Durrance dictates a letter for Dr. Sutton to write to Ethne: "It means a long course of treatment in Germany... with the happy memory of all you have done to help me through... you’ll find he’s not as mute as I thought he was..." (1:50)
References in Mank, Their Finest