Charley's Aunt (1941)

Laird Cregar: Sir Francis Chesney

Quotes 

• Jack Chesney : Yes, an income can be a wonderful thing.

  Sir Francis Chesney : It certainly can.

• Jack Chesney : She, she isn't what she seems.

  Sir Francis Chesney : No?

  Jack Chesney : No, she isn't. She... she's a woman with a past.

  Sir Francis Chesney : A past? You can't have a past with a face like that, Jack. It's impossible.

• Sir Francis Chesney : But first, I'm going up to your room and have a rattling good whiskey and soda. I don't think I could propose to that face without one.

• Sir Francis Chesney : Now that I have come into the family title, I have also come into the family debts.

  Jack Chesney : Debts?

  Sir Francis Chesney : Mmm. You know - red ink and all that sort of thing.

• Sir Francis Chesney : I'm afraid, Jack, for the next few years we're going to be known as charming, educated, cultural paupers.

• Jack Chesney : How are the sheep in New Zealand?

  Sir Francis Chesney : Pretty bad. Rather smelly too.

• Sir Francis Chesney : Uh, how old is this, uh, Charley's aunt?

  Jack Chesney : Oh, I don't know. Probably 90, like most aunts.

  Sir Francis Chesney : Well, at 90 they don't bother you much. And you say she's very wealthy?

  Jack Chesney : They say she has millions.

  Sir Francis Chesney : I'm sure your mother would understand.