The Spider Woman (1943)
Dennis Hoey: Lestrade
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Quotes
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Inspector Lestrade : Him and his meet me here and meet me there. Where the... Where is he anyhow?
Dr. John H. Watson : I'm blessed if I know. He said wait here by the shooting gallery and look inconspicuous.
Inspector Lestrade : Inconspicuous? Oh...
[Lestrade starts whistling and inspecting the ceiling]
Dr. John H. Watson : He said inconspicuous, Lestrade, not half-witted.
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Sherlock Holmes : [on the pajama suicides] Indubidably, these murders are the work of a well-organized gang and directing them is one of the most fiendishly clever minds in all Europe today.
Inspector Lestrade : Any notion who?
Sherlock Holmes : I suspect a woman. Do you have tobacco around this place, Watson?
Dr. John H. Watson : Yes, I've packed it. A woman? You amaze me, Holmes. Why a woman?
Sherlock Holmes : Because the method, whatever it is, is particularly subtle and cruel. Feline, not canine.
Inspector Lestrade : Poppy-cock. Canine, feline, quinine, when a bloke does himself in, that's suicide.
Sherlock Holmes : Unless the bloke is driven to suicide and then in that case it's murder.
Dr. John H. Watson : Driven? That *sounds* like a woman, doesn't it?
Sherlock Holmes : Definitely, a female Moriarty. Clever, ruthless... and above all, cautious.