Film Quotes by Roger Livesey
33 quotes
Year: 1946
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Doctor Frank Reeves:
Milord, I submit that this court is concerned with the life and death of Peter Carter and not with past history or present plumbing.
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Roger Livesey
(as Doctor Frank Reeves)
in
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Year: 1946
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Doctor Frank Reeves:
Tell me, do you believe in the survival of human personality after death?
Peter: I thought you said you read my verses.
[to June]
Doctor Frank Reeves: Do you?
June: I don't know, er, I'd never thought about it, do you?
Doctor Frank Reeves: I don't know, I've thought about it too much.
Peter: I thought you said you read my verses.
[to June]
Doctor Frank Reeves: Do you?
June: I don't know, er, I'd never thought about it, do you?
Doctor Frank Reeves: I don't know, I've thought about it too much.
--
Roger Livesey
(as Doctor Frank Reeves)
in
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Year: 1946
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Doctor Frank Reeves:
The rights of the uncommon man must always be respected.
--
Roger Livesey
(as Doctor Frank Reeves)
in
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Year: 1946
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Doctor Frank Reeves:
This is a court of justice, not of law.
--
Roger Livesey
(as Doctor Frank Reeves)
in
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Year: 1945
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Torquil MacNeil:
Have you got any beams in your room?
Joan Webster: Yes, why?
Torquil MacNeil: Count them before you go to sleep and your wish'll come true.
Joan Webster: As easy as that?
Torquil MacNeil: Only the first night under the roof.
Joan Webster: Yes, why?
Torquil MacNeil: Count them before you go to sleep and your wish'll come true.
Joan Webster: As easy as that?
Torquil MacNeil: Only the first night under the roof.
--
Roger Livesey
in
I Know Where I'm Going!
(1945)
Year: 1945
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Torquil MacNeil:
She wouldn't see a pound note from one pensions day to another.
Joan Webster: People around here are very poor I suppose.
Torquil MacNeil: Not poor, they just haven't got money.
Joan Webster: It's the same thing.
Torquil MacNeil: Oh no, it's something quite different.
Joan Webster: People around here are very poor I suppose.
Torquil MacNeil: Not poor, they just haven't got money.
Joan Webster: It's the same thing.
Torquil MacNeil: Oh no, it's something quite different.
--
Roger Livesey
in
I Know Where I'm Going!
(1945)
Year: 1943
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Director:
Michael Powell*Emeric Pressburger
Van Zijl:
The Germans know how to make them talk.
Clive Candy: Well if they are, they're cracking. It's a sure sign. Nobody starts to fight foul until he sees he can't win any other way.
Clive Candy: Well if they are, they're cracking. It's a sure sign. Nobody starts to fight foul until he sees he can't win any other way.
--
Roger Livesey
(as Clive Candy)
in
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(1943)
Year: 1953
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Jamie Durie:
[Seeing Burke being kissed by several girls] Burke, on your way.
Col. Francis Burke: Not again, Jamie. The dear helpless females want comforting. Where's the heart of you?
Col. Francis Burke: Not again, Jamie. The dear helpless females want comforting. Where's the heart of you?
--
Roger Livesey
(as Col. Francis Burke)
in
The Master of Ballantrae
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Jamie Durie:
[Watching Burke being kissed by several girls] Burke, come on!
Col. Francis Burke: Would you have me leave these poor, lonesome bits of depravity? I'm about to enrich the lives and experience of them!
Col. Francis Burke: Would you have me leave these poor, lonesome bits of depravity? I'm about to enrich the lives and experience of them!
--
Roger Livesey
(as Col. Francis Burke)
in
The Master of Ballantrae
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Jamie Durie:
Burke, we've got to get out of here.
Col. Francis Burke: And what could be simpler? The guard could have no objection to that!
Col. Francis Burke: And what could be simpler? The guard could have no objection to that!
--
Roger Livesey
(as Col. Francis Burke)
in
The Master of Ballantrae
(1953)