The Avengers (TV Series)
Dial a Deadly Number (1965)
Patrick Macnee: John Steed
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Quotes
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Emma Peel : What do you make of the Boardmans?
John Steed : Him: bluff, concervative, die-hard traditional.
Emma Peel : Square.
John Steed : Exactly.
Emma Peel : And her?
John Steed : Attractive, intelligent, expensive.
Emma Peel : Cold as ice.
John Steed : And promiscuous.
Emma Peel : Promiscuous?
John Steed : Beyond that my lips are sealed. A true gentleman doesn't, eh...
Emma Peel : A true gentleman doesn't know of a lady's promiscuity.
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John Steed : [murmuring over Mrs. Peel's shoulder during a private wine-tasting] Agreeable, well-rounded, a little on the flinty side.
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Frederick Yuill : Eh, can I offer you some Sherry and...
John Steed : Sherry and Bisquits? Thank you.
Frederick Yuill : [pushes button on intercom] Suzanne, send Myers in with some Sherry and Bisquits.
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John Steed : What's the Blue Chip Special when it's at home?
Waiter : Oh, that's one layer of delicious prawns, one of scrambled eggs, mayonaise and lightly toasted rye bread. I can recommend it, sir.
John Steed : Splendid, at least one of us will enjoy it.
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John Harvey : Eh, Mrs. Peel is another client of us, from... Barbados.
John Steed : Recently?
Emma Peel : I arrived last week.
John Steed : You surprise me.
Emma Peel : Why is that?
John Steed : So little tan.
Emma Peel : Ah... The rainy season.
John Steed : Of course.
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John Steed : A far cry from Sherry and Biscuits.
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Emma Peel : [referring to Steed's watch] That's new.
John Steed : Legacy from my uncle.
Emma Peel : Pitty it's dented.
John Steed : Battle of the Somme, 1916.
Emma Peel : German bullet?
John Steed : Canadian mule.
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Henry Boardman : Will you take sherry and biscuits with me?
John Steed : Thank you.
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John Steed : [as waiter serves his drink] No ice?
Waiter : House rules, sir.
John Steed : Really?
Waiter : Yes, a dealer from Wall Street once asked for a bourbon "on the rocks". Two brokers dropped dead on the spot.
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John Steed : [passing her a glass of wine] There, my dear. Well?
Emma Peel : [after tasting] A claret with unusual body.
John Steed : Where?
Emma Peel : The Bordeaux district.
John Steed : [approvingly] Mmm hmm.
Emma Peel : [thoughtfully] Umm, the little village of Saint Perrion, so it would be from the de Villiers vineyard. A Merrieau Saint Claire. 1930 would... not be the year. 1931.
John Steed : [astonished] Fantastic, Mrs. Peel! Nose or palate?
Emma Peel : Uh-uh. Eyes. I read the label.
John Steed : [both laughing] A votre sante'.