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Film Quotes by Margaret Rutherford

28 quotes
Murder, She Said
Year: 1961

Director:
George Pollock
Ackenthorpe: There is one thing I cannot tolerate, and that is impertinence.
Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably. Neither can I!
-- Margaret Rutherford (as Miss Marple) in Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder, She Said
Year: 1961

Director:
George Pollock
Mr. Stringer: What a frightful looking man.
Miss Marple: What a frightful looking dog.
-- Margaret Rutherford (as Miss Marple) in Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder, She Said
Year: 1961

Director:
George Pollock
Alexander: You know, it isn't just that you don't look like Jayne Mansfield. You're not *my* idea of a maid, either.
Miss Marple: Well, quite honestly, I don't think *you're* everybody's idea of a boy.
-- Margaret Rutherford (as Miss Marple) in Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder at the Gallop
Year: 1963

Director:
George Pollock
Miss Jane Marple: [attempting to console her dance partner, who is dismayed that the orchestra has chosen to play a rock song] One must be tolerant of the young, Mr. Enderby. I remember my dear mama was quite horrified when she caught me dancing the Charleston in public.
Murder at the Gallop
Year: 1963

Director:
George Pollock
Miss Jane Marple: [in riding habit] Oh, Miss Milchrest, good morning. How nice to see you again.
Miss Milchrest: [apparently frightened] Good morning.
Miss Jane Marple: Don't look so frightened, my dear. I've done my quota of murders for today.
Murder Most Foul
Year: 1964

Director:
George Pollock
Miss Jane Marple: [to Craddock] It may irritate you, Inspector, but sometimes women have superior minds. You'll simply have to accept it.
Murder Most Foul
Year: 1964

Director:
George Pollock
Miss Jane Marple: He isn't drunk. He's dead.
Murder Ahoy!
Year: 1964
Miss Marple: [to Craddock] Embezzlement is one thing - proof of triple murder is another. Softly, softly catches monkey in a mousetrap.
Murder, She Said
Year: 1961

Director:
George Pollock
Miss Marple: A policeman's work is never done.
-- Margaret Rutherford (as Miss Marple) in Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder Ahoy!
Year: 1964
Miss Marple: Are you implying that I am unhinged?
Det. Insp. Craddock: No. No, of course not!
Miss Marple: Then what are you implying, pray?
Det. Insp. Craddock: Well, just that you are temporarily not yourself.
Miss Marple: Chief Inspector, I am *always* myself!