:16:01
He had shown great promise in
a secondary part in Turn Of The Tide.
:16:05
He had also done good work
in several pictures since then.
:16:09
I went to see his agent,
Bill O'Brien.
:16:12
He had big plans for MacGinnis,
:16:13
but when he heard a description
of the part, he sent him to see me.
:16:17
I was going to dinner with Frankie
and we waited at my flat for him.
:16:21
He came in at last,
looking earnestly about him,
:16:25
his face half scowl, half shy smile.
:16:28
He looked rather as if
he had parked his caravan outside
:16:32
and as soon as he had seen me
he would be off into the sunset,
:16:36
with a hey nonny nonny
and a wind on the heath.
:16:39
An actor like this was unusual.
:16:42
He talked in a liquid Irish voice,
:16:45
and was rather given
to long, dark stares
:16:48
and Celtic silences.
:16:50
He carefully concealed
his sense of humour,
:16:52
but could not hide the poetry
in his voice and in his movements.
:16:57
In looks and personality,
he was a complete contrast to Berry.
:17:01
I decided on them both
at the same instant.
:17:05
(Dialogue) Then you'll have it.
:17:06
- You're leaving the island?
- Aye.
:17:09
- Short-handed as we are?
- Aye.
:17:11
- Does anybody know?
- Only you two.
:17:15
- When are you going to tell Peter?
- Tomorrow.
:17:18
- The boat parliament?
- Aye.
:17:20
Ah, Robbie, man,
you've gone over to the other side.
:17:23
Before I went away,
I would have said the same as you.
:17:26
But the world's changed,
it's bigger, it's easier to get at.
:17:29
Before, we were no worse off
than anyone else.
:17:32
Now we're living in an old world.
:17:34
I've got a turn for machinery,
I can do things with it.
:17:37
Why should I give it up?
:17:38
What can Polly and I hope for
if I drag her back here?
:17:42
Ah, Robbie, you're too clever for me.
:17:45
You go your way and I'll go mine.
:17:48
- Aye, but can't you see...
- That's final.
:17:50
If you want to run away because
the work's too hard, or your fancy...
:17:55
Leave her out of it!
:17:57
- I'd be glad to.
- I'm as good a man as you are.
:17:59
(Christie) One idea that Powell
wanted to develop in the film