The Tunnel (1940)

Edward Rigby: Bert

Quotes 

• David : Say, do you think there's a chance to get a job at one of these pits?

  Bert : Well, maybe. There was a colored bloke, Blackie Ellis they called him, used to work in the Glen Colliery.

• Bert : I find a nice little stretch of gutter in front of the right kind of houses. Off comes me hat, humble, and I start singing. I pick a well known tune and I murders it. Now, listen.

  [singing] 

  Bert : And when your friends desert you, At the time of your downfall, You'll find that your Mother, Is the best friend of them all.