The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Jack Hawkins: Hyde

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• Major Race : Is that your wife?

  Lt. Col. Hyde : Yes.

  Major Race : Is she dead?

  Lt. Col. Hyde : No, no. I regret to say the bitch is still going strong.

• Major Race : [after Hyde has explained his plan] 

  Major Race : Alright, I'm sold. I'll sign on, for the duration.

  Lt. Col. Hyde : On my terms? Equal shares for all?

  Major Race : Well, if you insist on this socialistic nonsense, yes. You're losing a friend, but gaining a second-in-command.

  Lt. Col. Hyde : I'll settle for that.

  [they drink a toast] 

• Hyde : [during the planning of the theft of guns from the army]  When we leave our card, we shall have to provide the authorities with a scapegoat. In this case, I'm relying on the British character. We British will always give the Germans, the Russians, the Japanese, or even the Egyptians the benefit of the doubt, but *never* the Irish. So, throughout this exercise, if we use our accents judiciously, the IRA will get the credit, and the blame.

• Lt. Col. Hyde : And you said you weren't nasty.

  Major Race : Oh, I'm not. It's just the way my mind works sometimes. You know - in vicious circles.

• Lt. Col. Hyde : Enjoy your meal, gentlemen. You know the old saying, "If a Rich man eat when you will, if a Poor man... when you can."

• Lt. Col. Hyde : Your presence here restores my basic disbelief in the goodness of human nature.

• Hyde : We can't afford to waste all the work we're doing just because one man wants to be a hero. I've nothing against heroes, except they usually crook it for other people.

• Lt. Col. Hyde : Oh, one can't bother cooking for oneself.