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Film Quotes by Roger Livesey

33 quotes
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
MacCauley: Where's the passage money?
Col. Francis Burke: Now, faith, how can you speak of such a vulgar thing in the presence of a hero of Culloden, and a wounded one at that?
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Year: 1943

Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Hoppy: I was awfully sorry to hear about your leg.
[Looks down]
Hoppy: Jumping Jehosaphat! They're both there!
Clive Candy: What the hell did you think I was standing on?
Hoppy: They told me in Bloemfontein that they cut off your left leg.
Clive Candy: [Examines leg] Can't have, old boy. I'd have known about it.
The Entertainer
Year: 1960

Director:
Tony Richardson
Billy Rice: You were a pretty little thing. Not that looks are important - not even for a woman. You don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire.
-- Roger Livesey (as Billy Rice) in The Entertainer (1960)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Year: 1943

Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Clive Candy: The Kaiser spoke - and the Prince of Wales spoke ...
Edith Hunter: Spoke about what?
Clive Candy: Nobody could remember.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Year: 1943

Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Clive Candy: Until now, Germany has used her arms with honor.
[pause, smiles]
Clive Candy: I admit he said nothing about her legs.
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
Col. Francis Burke: [Grabbing him from behind] Not a sound, if you don't want a dirk in your ribs.
Henry Durie: Is this how you usually meet people?
Col. Francis Burke: It cuts out the lengthy formalities.
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
Col. Francis Burke: [Listening to Jamie trying to read aloud the Latin inscription on a ring] "Lift up the eyes," you're saying, unless my Latin professor was a lying fraud.
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
Col. Francis Burke: I could see by the look of defeat about you that you were one of the amateurs.
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
Col. Francis Burke: I'm sure of it now! Your whole line is pure-blooded Irish!
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Master of Ballantrae
Year: 1953

Director:
William Keighley
Col. Francis Burke: Is it gold you want? Why, I'll bring you gold from the bottom of the sea. And here's the shirt from me back, and here's me hand.
-- Roger Livesey (as Col. Francis Burke) in The Master of Ballantrae (1953)