They Who Dare
1954 · 107 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 718 VOTES · DIR. Lewis Milestone
Overview
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,063 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 September 1942.
00:06:01 You've got the job. What more do you want?
00:08:31 Oh! I like that. That's very good. I like all crazy people.
00:10:45 If it comes off, there'll be many others that we, the Greek officers, can lead.
00:14:01 I leave home in 1936.
00:15:56 Simultaneously.
00:20:47 All those people, all crazy!
00:25:02 - I'll cook it myself. - Crumbs.
00:31:33 If he ever heard a joke, sir, laugh himself to death, he would.
00:37:52 We'll have to choose between the bad and the worse.
00:42:08 All right.
00:46:11 MINEFIELD
00:50:17 And this is Father Konstandis.
00:52:31 Of course, it will. I'll see you on the beach for certain.
00:55:55 Is this true?
00:59:35 Kick. Boot. Good luck for me.
01:04:12 If our bombs are to go off when the others do, we set the fuses now and like it.
01:13:20 We'd better stick here for a bit.
01:18:24 How well done's that?
01:21:42 If I hadn't done it, the others would be here with us now.
01:30:43 Halt! Five minutes.
01:36:43 We can't get out to her!
01:40:49 Then I'm swimming anyway.
01:46:32 Go ahead. Careful. Hard to starboard.
Cast & Characters
Dirk Bogarde
Lieutenant Graham
Denholm Elliott
Sergeant Corcoran
Eric Pohlmann
Captain Papadapoulos
Akim Tamiroff
Captain George One
Harold Siddons
Lieutenant Stevens
William Russell
Lieutenant Poole
Sam Kydd
Marine Boyd
Gérard Oury
Captain George Two
David Peel
Sergeant Evans
Michael Mellinger
Toplis
Alec Mango
Patroklis
Anthea Leigh
Marika
Lisa Gastoni
George Two's Girlfriend
Kay Callard
Nightclub Singer
Eileen Way
Greek Woman
Peter Burton
Marine Barrett (uncredited)
Ernest Bale
Submarine Executive Officer (uncredited)
Christopher Rhodes
German Officer (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Italian Officer (uncredited)
Peter Taylor
German Officer (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,063
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:46:32
Production Record
DirectorLewis Milestone
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes718
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