Commander Bolton You can practically see it from here.
Colonel Winnant
What?
Commander Bolton Home.
Played by Kenneth Branagh 
Dunkirk (2017) · 11 quotes
Dunkirk (2017) · 11 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Dunkirk (2017): in 3 of its 11 quotes
Scenes with Commander Bolton
3 scenes Commander Bolton Commander Bolton
Captain Winnant
They need to send more ships. Every hour, the enemy pushes closer.
Commander Bolton They've activated the small vessels pool.
Captain Winnant
Small vessels?
Commander Bolton It's a list of civilian boats for requisition.
Captain Winnant
Civilian? We need destroyers!
Commander Bolton Small boats can load from the beach.
Captain Winnant
Not in these conditions!
Commander Bolton Well, I'd rather fight waves than dive-bombers.
Colonel Winnant
...No, you're right. They won't get up in this. The Royal Engineers are building piers from lorries. At least that should help us when the tide comes back.
Commander Bolton Well, we'll know in six hour's time.
Colonel Winnant
I thought the tides were every three?
Commander Bolton Then it's good that you're Army and I'm Navy, isn't it?
Commander Bolton The tide's turning now.
Captain Winnant
How can you tell?
Commander Bolton The bodies are coming back.
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