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Favourite line?

posted 17 years ago by penroyaltea
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'Put you're back into it woman'

and every time they call the car 'she' such a great film, I laughed all the way through, as a teen girl I thought it was hillarious.

[–] aoaoao-1 17 years ago

"HAWLING LIKE BRULIGANS" ?

[–] cliffperriam 17 years ago

"Pipe down, you'll be alright" as Ambrose manhandles a muddy, squawking, Rosalind back into the car.

[–] hansel714 16 years ago

You mean "your" not "you're."

[–] mmeade1215 16 years ago

"I'll show them how to tray the plumpet!"

I wonder if that was in the script or if Kay Kendall ad-libbed it?

[–] denmans 16 years ago

I wonder if 'Hawling like brooligans' was also an unintentional Spoonerism. If so, John Gregon (a very accomplished actor) reacted superbly.

Is this the original road movie?

[–] Rod Evan 15 years ago

joyce Grenfell - "No one's ever complained before!"

[–] colin-ayres-1 15 years ago

not forgetting the follow-up line from the little old lady, played by Edie Martin, ...

"Are they Americans?"

[–] greenbudgie 8 years ago

I like Joyce Grenfell's line best as well. She always steal any scene that she appears in.

[–] Christopher-178 14 years ago

Surely, penroyaltea, the line is: 'Put your back into it, woman', not the word you're, which means YOU ARE!

[–] lubin-freddy 13 years ago

"The other thing."

We could have high times
if you'll abide

[–] kidboots 10 years ago

haha to which Wendy responds "What's that?"
Also, still in that scene "you're all hawling like brooligans"!!
I like Kenneth More's reaction as well.
Another one, Kay Kendall's "Do you want to hear me play the trumpet"
and all their reactions as they take the stage - Kenneth More's
"She's blotto" to "I love her"!!!

[–] peter.gwen1 9 years ago

It's Kenneth More's response (with a straight face) that gets me....as in:

Wendy: "Look at you - hawling like brooligans" !!
Kenneth More: "I'm not a Brooligan. He's a Brooligan"!!

[–] beepstein 9 years ago

Edie Martin, in the hotel lobby, carrying what looks like TWO whiskey bottles, responding to the Mckim's complaints: "ARE THEY AMERICANS?"

[–] SooBee (129) 5 years ago

I've often wondered if that was a mistake that they kept in the film, after Wendy said it the others played along with it.