Dad's Army (TV Series)
Branded (1969)
Arnold Ridley: Pte. Charles Godfrey
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Quotes
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Capt. George Mainwaring : [the platoon have found out about Godfrey's Military Medal] There's still one thing I can't understand, Godfrey.
Pte. Charles Godfrey : What's that, sir?
Capt. George Mainwaring : Why didn't you wear your medals?
Pte. Charles Godfrey : Somehow I thought they looked rather ostentatious, sir
Capt. George Mainwaring : Ostentatious... but good Lord, man - If I'd have won the Military Medal, I'd have worn it proudly on my chest for the world to see.
Pte. Charles Godfrey : Yes, sir, and that would have been all right - because somehow you look like a hero.
Sgt. Arthur Wilson : It just goes to show, sir, you can never judge by appearances.
[Mainwaring glares at Wilson]
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[Godfrey is explaining his decision to resign from the Home Guard]
Pte. Charles Godfrey : I went into the larder to get the milk, then I saw something that made me realise that I just couldn't carry on.
Capt. George Mainwaring : What on earth was it?
Pte. Charles Godfrey : A mouse.
Capt. George Mainwaring : A mouse?
Pte. Charles Godfrey : Yes, you see in the larder was a great big, empty pudding basin - a mouse had fallen inside, and it was running round and round trying to get out. I know I ought to kill it because we're overrun with mice, so I got hold of it, and as I held it in my hand, I could feel it's little heart beating under it's fur - and I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Capt. George Mainwaring : So, what did you do?
Pte. Charles Godfrey : I took it into the garden and let it go.
Capt. George Mainwaring : Look, Godfrey, I still don't see what this has got to do with you wanting to leave the platoon?
Pte. Charles Godfrey : Don't you understand, sir? If I couldn't bring myself to kill that mouse, how could I ever kill a German?
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[the platoon visit Godfrey at home after the exercise with some get well gifts]
Pte. James Frazer : I've brought you a bottle of scotch.
Pte. Joe Walker : I've brought you a quarter of tea.
Pte. Charles Godfrey : From the Army and Navy?
Pte. Joe Walker : No, from a fellow I know in the Air Force.