Witness for the Prosecution Quotes
Leonard Vole: But this is England, where I thought you never arrest, let alone convict, people for crimes they have not committed.
Sir Wilfrid: We try not to make a habit of it.
Sir Wilfrid: We try not to make a habit of it.
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Leonard Vole: What are you looking for?
Christine Vole: My accordion.
Leonard Vole: [stepping on it] I think I've found it.
Christine Vole: Step on it again. It's still breathing.
Christine Vole: My accordion.
Leonard Vole: [stepping on it] I think I've found it.
Christine Vole: Step on it again. It's still breathing.
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Leonard Vole: [in Christine's bombed-out hovel] It's horrible! In a gemutlich sort of way.
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Miss Plimsoll: Wilfrid the Fox! That's what they call him, and that's what he is!
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Janet Mackensie : Perhaps you can help me, your Lordship. Six months, I have applied for my hearing aid and I am still waiting for it.
Judge : My dear madame. Considering the rubbish that is being talked nowadays, you are missing very little.
Judge : My dear madame. Considering the rubbish that is being talked nowadays, you are missing very little.
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Sir Wilfrid : Be prepared for hysterics and even a fainting spell. Better have smelling salts handy and a nip of brandy.
Christine Vole : I do not think that will be necessary. I never faint because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully and I never use smelling salts because they puff up the eyes. I am Christine Vole.
Christine Vole : I do not think that will be necessary. I never faint because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully and I never use smelling salts because they puff up the eyes. I am Christine Vole.
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Leonard Vole : But this is England, where I thought you never arrest, let alone convict, people for crimes they have not committed.
Sir Wilfrid : We try not to make a habit of it.
Sir Wilfrid : We try not to make a habit of it.
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Miss Plimsoll : Teeny weeny flight of steps, Sir Wilfrid, we mustn't forget we've had a teeny weeny heart attack.
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Leonard Vole : What are you looking for?
Christine Vole : My accordion.
Leonard Vole : [ stepping on it ] I think I've found it.
Christine Vole : Step on it again. It's still breathing.
Christine Vole : My accordion.
Leonard Vole : [ stepping on it ] I think I've found it.
Christine Vole : Step on it again. It's still breathing.
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Leonard Vole : [ in Christine's bombed-out hovel ] It's horrible! In a gemutlich sort of way.
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Mr. Myers : I hope we are not to be deprived of the learned and stimulating company of Sir Wilfrid?
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Sir Wilfrid : I am constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders.
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Miss Plimsoll : Shall we roll up the window, Sir Wilfrid?
Sir Wilfrid : Just roll up your mouth, you talk too much. If I'd known how much you talk I'd never have come out of my coma. This thing weighs a ton. [ He tosses toward Plimsoll a robe he is under during the trip from hospital to home ]
Sir Wilfrid : Just roll up your mouth, you talk too much. If I'd known how much you talk I'd never have come out of my coma. This thing weighs a ton. [ He tosses toward Plimsoll a robe he is under during the trip from hospital to home ]
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Miss Plimsoll : Wilfrid the Fox! That's what they call him, and that's what he is!
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Sir Wilfrid : [ getting progressively more agitated ] The question is whether you were lying then or are you lying now... or whether in fact you are a chronic and habitual LIAR!
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Sir Wilfrid : I'd better take that thermos of cocoa with me. It helps me wash down down the pills.
Miss Plimsoll : Let me see. My learned patient is not above substituting brandy for cocoa. [ opens thermos and smells ]
Miss Plimsoll : Sniff, sniff. It is cocoa. So sorry.
Sir Wilfrid : If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll, I would strike you.
Miss Plimsoll : Let me see. My learned patient is not above substituting brandy for cocoa. [ opens thermos and smells ]
Miss Plimsoll : Sniff, sniff. It is cocoa. So sorry.
Sir Wilfrid : If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll, I would strike you.
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Sir Wilfrid : My Lord, may I also remind my learned friend that his witness, by her own admission, has already violated so many oaths that I am surprised the Testament did not LEAP FROM HER HAND when she was sworn here today! I doubt if anything is to be gained by questioning you any further! That will be all, Frau Helm!
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Sir Wilfrid : Kings, prime ministers, archbishops, even barristers have stood in the dock.
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The Cockney Woman : I'll give ya somethin' to dream about, Mister. *Wanna kiss me, ducky?*
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Miss Plimsoll : [ hands Sir Wilfrid his thermos bottle ] Sir Wilfrid, you've forgotten your brandy!
Miss Plimsoll : [ hands Sir Wilfrid his thermos bottle ] Sir Wilfrid, you've forgotten your brandy!
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[ Miss Plimsoll discovers cigars hidden in Sir Wilfrid's cane ]
Sir Wilfrid : You could be jailed for that. You had no search warrant for my cane!
Sir Wilfrid : You could be jailed for that. You had no search warrant for my cane!
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Sir Wilfrid : [ Leonard Vole has been acquitted ] We've disposed of the gallows, but there's still that banana peel somewhere.
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