Film Quotes by Alastair Sim
14 quotes
Year: 1946
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Dr. Barney Barnes:
I gave nitrous oxide at first, to get him under.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh yes, stuff the dentist gives you, hmmm -- commonly known as "laughing gas."
Dr. Barney Barnes: Used to be -- actually the impurities cause the laughs.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh, just the same as in our music halls.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh yes, stuff the dentist gives you, hmmm -- commonly known as "laughing gas."
Dr. Barney Barnes: Used to be -- actually the impurities cause the laughs.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh, just the same as in our music halls.
--
Alastair Sim
in
Green for Danger
(1946)
Year: 1946
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Dr. White:
I do hope everything can be arranged discreetly.
Inspector Cockrill: Umm, shouldn't think so for a moment.
Dr. White: Why not? Press? Do they have to be seen?
Inspector Cockrill: Can't keep 'em out.
Dr. White: Oh, dear.
Inspector Cockrill: I don't mind; they always give me a good write-up.
Inspector Cockrill: Umm, shouldn't think so for a moment.
Dr. White: Why not? Press? Do they have to be seen?
Inspector Cockrill: Can't keep 'em out.
Dr. White: Oh, dear.
Inspector Cockrill: I don't mind; they always give me a good write-up.
--
Alastair Sim
in
Green for Danger
(1946)
Year: 1954
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Sheila Birling:
[about the girl who commited suicide by drinking disinfectint] Was she pretty?
Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmery.
Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmery.
--
Alastair Sim
in
An Inspector Calls
(1954)
Year: 1950
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Commodore Gill:
I never hope to be appreciated. Yes, your mother cured me of that. That's why I could never be bothered with your mother.
--
Alastair Sim
(as Commodore Gill)
in
Stage Fright
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Commodore Gill:
More than a friend, eh?
Eve Gill: When I'm with him, I get a feeling in here that... that's sort of...
Commodore Gill: Yes, well, we'll go into the symptoms later. Meanwhile, I take it you're either keen on him, or still hungry.
Eve Gill: When I'm with him, I get a feeling in here that... that's sort of...
Commodore Gill: Yes, well, we'll go into the symptoms later. Meanwhile, I take it you're either keen on him, or still hungry.
--
Alastair Sim
(as Commodore Gill)
in
Stage Fright
(1950)
Year: 1947
Director:
Charles Crichton
Director:
Charles Crichton
Felix H. Wilkinson:
Oh, how I loathe adventurous-minded boys.
--
Alastair Sim
in
Hue and Cry
(1947)
Year: 1946
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Inspector Cockrill:
In view of my failure - correction, comparative failure - I feel that I have no alternative but to offer you, sir, my resignation, in the sincere hope that you will not accept it. Full stop.
--
Alastair Sim
in
Green for Danger
(1946)
Year: 1960
Director:
Robert Hamer*Hal E. Chester*Cyril Frankel
Director:
Robert Hamer*Hal E. Chester*Cyril Frankel
Mr. Potter:
Just remember, if you're not one up on the other fellow, then he's one up on you.
--
Alastair Sim
in
School for Scoundrels
(1960)
Year: 1948
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Director:
Sidney Gilliat
Mr. Squales:
[to himself looking in mirror] Can you do such a thing? Yes, you can.
--
Alastair Sim
in
London Belongs to Me
(1948)
Year: 1955
Director:
Frank Launder
Director:
Frank Launder
The Laird:
Never shoot Kestrels, George. They're wonderful birds and do a power of good.
--
Alastair Sim
in
Geordie
(1955)