Green Grow the Rushes Page #3

Synopsis: A group of enterprising smugglers make use of an ancient charter to smuggle brandy into the southern coast of England. When their ship is seized it looks like they are in trouble until the Customs Officers try & find out where the brandy went.
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Director(s): Derek N. Twist
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
6.1
Year:
1951
77 min
28 Views


the time what with the sea and the ships

in the wall and the flotsam and of

course the smugglers bye Joe look at

that door a wonderful piece of Lake

Norman come along fish away this is not

an archaeological rembo sure

I'm Tony Sherman used to tie their

thoats to the churchyard wall in the old

days that was before the sea went back

of course

extraordinary health but hardly relevant

as a matter in hand no but still this

farm that we're going to visit must lie

at the bottom of the original harbor and

the sewage probably been officially move

don't go into details know I'm talking

come on come along fish a week seems to

be deserted nonce there must be somebody

about I don't intend to be put off

easily what do you want

ah mr. Bainbridge what do you want we

are the sub Commission from the Ministry

of Agriculture we already speak in the

farms in this area you won't expect mine

perhaps we can have a little talk

get open my land I beg your pardon I

said get open my land

we are here on government business mr.

Bainbridge if you don't get off my land

I shall of the Lord on your noses we are

here to investigate your ability to

found it holy

are you getting off my land or do I have

to drag

oh it's finally learned the law in this

country don't forget their own nation

stress who isn't it in the Charter if

you know and mentioned egg toss with me

again upon my soul I shall strike him

officials on Shawn what are you agree

now that doesn't make funny I listened

to you once before going three NASA.

Krauss's I'll clean up the cache it one

I think fit please yourself Joseph

[Music]

Any girl

I'm glad you will come Robert I want to

told you eric has been here look at the.

Coast Guard you did something wrong

not yet but it's getting dangerous the

second suspect I thought he was being

kept out of it never being told a word

to my knowledge don't want to involve

the local officials we have too much at

stake

well then it's this infernal

sub-commission they getting nosy that

fella brutal but super if ever I saw one

dropped in on earth yet this morning

being talking to Constable Pettigrew to

have a drink thank you

you know gonna call Meg coupling indeed

I do

Tom cup his daughter she followed us to

the Abbey last time I had to tell her

the whole story

blast it Tom wanted her kept down to

this she's all right

a real marsh girl now you know what this

means Robert he's all got to stop now

yes there's another shipment waiting in

the nets was too late to stop it

look how we leave it in the net seems

such a pity

I'd be some bottles of Napoleon brandy

among it genuine usually reliable I

judge ashamed to keep that in the sea

furlong won't do it any good now will it

I have to be the last for a bit

definitely the last

[Music]

Well order now what he's doing

are going to be out there and I like

this they've all would I did you see the

barometer stole B it says

[Music]

I know oil oh I got you on board not

tonight

I'm glad huh why well there's a sort of

funny broody feeling in the air if it

going to be the end of the world or

something sure it is the end of my

little bit of world anyway

what do you mean this is the last trip

what mm-hmm

that's wonderful guess what I'm getting

nicely involved in it that's the point

but I think it's me nobody ever lets me

do anything much better that way what

are you going to do now I haven't

thought go away somewhere I suppose and

what am I expected to do well now let's

see

I would suggest don't it I know pick

myself a nice young man get married and

settle down it's on the tip of my tongue.

Oh

[Music]

Cynical without a drop at East window.

Plus how to do we went down to the last

year phenomena what with one thing in

another we are very depressed just now

we'd be obliged if you shut your trap

[Music]

The punch in the gut already well it's

up to you then Robert you know the job

better than me I'll stay till you've got

you to show them cut back home don't

like to look at the weather now waiting

for a storm still diddle could ride a

hurricane I hope you're right.

[Music]

It's not brandy to me

very unfortunate genus this is our last

ship and seeing as how we are very

depressed what we one thing another we

will fix your cooks to want to cook

screw for this is Napoleon

we will treat it with proper respect

[Music]

Here we are we're interrupting this

program for a girl to be I don't want it

open anonymous a very medicinal deep

depression now situated uncommon define

chronic we agree so and now if you

gentlemen are ready we will continue

I'll repeat that a deep depression now

situated south of the lizard is moving

rapidly up the channel accompanied by

westerly winds of gale force and

abnormally high tide well it's a good

high tide anyway last time we was

scraping the bottom doesn't the left did

you ever hit anything like that before

[Music]

And they shouldn't be long now I don't

like the feel of things Robert

how did he get here what's he doing

[Music]

We would like full steam ahead

[Music]

Busting bang bang if we was to give

one Anna skipper what a singie cartel is

no purposes leave six we could send it

off okay nobody wants

blue Robert Murphy coming right up here

state nearly get it going it well we

better get out of there

one little gold dump the stuffiness ta

run football

anyone

I'm gonna put in your eyes

in the bathroom

I'll come with you

made of coal Unsinkable powers

you again alright don't forget you on

his two sixes who's the stone balls I

couldn't get out when the tree tip

number three five so finally I just

couldn't get out poor darling I heard my

knee coming in for lifting nothing an.

Ethernet scratch now miss cubed over be

bound up here hold the torch

oh goodness sake relax I'm not gonna eat

you know what I said you've become a

permanent nuisance didn't I yeah

[Music]

Nothing just my movies medal yes

who is it for you is this your bout it

is who think you can anchor here it

seemed a pretty spot and you are

protectors up with the police on you

there's gonna be trouble - we've seen

your face before somewhere I'll show ya

I know my rights

never in all my life I love the more

what's going on mr. bill how do we get

here that problem is at present

occupying our attention Fred

it would appear that we are in the room

no use of Biddle in rhyme

well the devotee of God - it looks as if

they've had is this the vessel in

question of course it is I mean it you

think there are half a dozen it might be

so mr. Bainbridge it might well be sir

it's an order of had there be no need

for huge amount mr. Bainbridge at this

state this is a very unfortunate

position to find yourself in captain

I'll have to take some particular name

little little fix the boat what place is

this Portnoy captain fixed abode pollen

oil or tin boy Gardel a fish us run fish

big

we haven't tried doable yet hello mate

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Howard Clewes

Howard Clewes (27 October 1912 – 29 January 1988) was an English screenwriter and novelist. He wrote for eight films between 1951 and 1974. He also wrote twenty action novels from 1938 to 1979.He was born in York, England. He was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Screenplay in 1960 for The Day They Robbed the Bank of England. In 1946, he married Renata Faccincani della Torre, a wartime resistance fighter. She was an active (uncredited) editor in his literary and screenwriting projects. more…

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