Film Quotes by Kenneth More
13 quotes
Year: 1953
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Wendy McKim:
This is the end! Making a public spectacle of yourselves. I couldn't have believed you could have behaved like this, either of you. Just hauling like brooligans.
Ambrose Claverhouse: Hauling like brooligans!
Ambrose Claverhouse: Hauling like brooligans!
--
Kenneth More
(as Ambrose Claverhouse)
in
Genevieve
(1953)
Year: 1959
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Catherine Wyatt:
Are you sure about Mr. Van Layden? I mean, won't you get into a lot of trouble if you're wrong?
Captain Scott: Wouldn't you like to see me drummed out of my regiment? Paraded before the troops? Medals torn off my manly bosom? I used to think that would be just your cup of tea.
Catherine Wyatt: They don't really do all that, do they?
Captain Scott: Well, of course they do! And my best friend calls on me in my quarters, hands me a loaded revolver and says, "Carruthers, its the only way out for a gentleman."
Captain Scott: Wouldn't you like to see me drummed out of my regiment? Paraded before the troops? Medals torn off my manly bosom? I used to think that would be just your cup of tea.
Catherine Wyatt: They don't really do all that, do they?
Captain Scott: Well, of course they do! And my best friend calls on me in my quarters, hands me a loaded revolver and says, "Carruthers, its the only way out for a gentleman."
--
Kenneth More
in
Northwest Frontier
(1959)
Year: 1953
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Ambrose Claverhouse:
Combining the London-to-Brighton run with a really beautiful emotional experience.
--
Kenneth More
(as Ambrose Claverhouse)
in
Genevieve
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Ambrose Claverhouse:
Well, frankly children, this is beyond me!
--
Kenneth More
(as Ambrose Claverhouse)
in
Genevieve
(1953)
Year: 1957
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Bill Crichton:
One can't recapture a dream. Don't spoil it by trying to.
--
Kenneth More
(as Bill Crichton)
in
The Admirable Crichton
(1957)
Year: 1959
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Captain Scott:
"Be thankful you're living and trust your luck, march to your front like a soldier."
Catherine Wyatt: Who said that?
Captain Scott: Man called Kipling. Another tea-drinker.
Catherine Wyatt: Who said that?
Captain Scott: Man called Kipling. Another tea-drinker.
--
Kenneth More
in
Northwest Frontier
(1959)
Year: 1969
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Group Capt. Baker:
Section Officer Harvey!
[yells]
Section Officer Maggie Harvey: Sir
[walks up to him and gives a salute, which he returns]
Group Capt. Baker: Section Officer Harvey, I've noticed that some of your girls are now using the men's trenches during air raid practice. It's got to stop.
Section Officer Maggie Harvey: Sir
Group Capt. Baker: And another thing... Gas mask cases
[tapping Maggie's case]
Group Capt. Baker: They're for gas masks, They're not handbags. I do realize, of course, that female requirement differ somewhat from the male. Nevertheless that's no excuse...
[stops in mid sentence as he hears German bombs exploding behind him. He and Harvey turn around and see bombers approaching]
Group Capt. Baker: God's teeth!
[at full volume]
Group Capt. Baker: Take cover!
[Baker and Harvey run into the same nearby trench]
[yells]
Section Officer Maggie Harvey: Sir
[walks up to him and gives a salute, which he returns]
Group Capt. Baker: Section Officer Harvey, I've noticed that some of your girls are now using the men's trenches during air raid practice. It's got to stop.
Section Officer Maggie Harvey: Sir
Group Capt. Baker: And another thing... Gas mask cases
[tapping Maggie's case]
Group Capt. Baker: They're for gas masks, They're not handbags. I do realize, of course, that female requirement differ somewhat from the male. Nevertheless that's no excuse...
[stops in mid sentence as he hears German bombs exploding behind him. He and Harvey turn around and see bombers approaching]
Group Capt. Baker: God's teeth!
[at full volume]
Group Capt. Baker: Take cover!
[Baker and Harvey run into the same nearby trench]
--
Kenneth More
in
Battle of Britain
(1969)
Year: 1960
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
[to his assistant Anne Davis, after the battle]
Captain Jonathan Shepard: Take a message: "Request pleasure of the company of Second Officer Anne Davis at dinner."
Captain Jonathan Shepard: Take a message: "Request pleasure of the company of Second Officer Anne Davis at dinner."
--
Kenneth More
in
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Year: 1962
Director:
Ken Annakin*Andrew Marton*Bernhard Wicki*Darryl F. Zanuck
Director:
Ken Annakin*Andrew Marton*Bernhard Wicki*Darryl F. Zanuck
Capt. Colin Maud:
[pointing] The war's over there!
--
Kenneth More
(as Capt. Colin Maud)
in
The Longest Day
(1962)
Year: 1962
Director:
Ken Annakin*Andrew Marton*Bernhard Wicki*Darryl F. Zanuck
Director:
Ken Annakin*Andrew Marton*Bernhard Wicki*Darryl F. Zanuck
Capt. Colin Maud:
[walking up to a stalled vehicle] My old grandmother used to say anything mechanical, give it a good bashing.
[Hits hood with his swagger stick]
Capt. Colin Maud: Try it now.
[vehicle cranks]
Private Flanagan: [to Clough] Sure, now; that did it.
[notices Maud looks at him]
Private Flanagan: Ah, now that's what I call a hell of a man!
Pvt. Clough: Aye, I like his dog too.
Capt. Colin Maud: Move inland. The war's that way.
[Hits hood with his swagger stick]
Capt. Colin Maud: Try it now.
[vehicle cranks]
Private Flanagan: [to Clough] Sure, now; that did it.
[notices Maud looks at him]
Private Flanagan: Ah, now that's what I call a hell of a man!
Pvt. Clough: Aye, I like his dog too.
Capt. Colin Maud: Move inland. The war's that way.
--
Kenneth More
(as Capt. Colin Maud)
in
The Longest Day
(1962)