The Liquidator (1965)

Trevor Howard: Colonel Mostyn

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• Colonel Mostyn : Poor Frances Ann has gone to rest, safe at last on Abraham's breast Which may be rough for Frances Ann...

  'Boysie' Oakes : ...but certainly sexy for Abraham.

• Martin, codename Fly : This is Fly, sir.

  Colonel Mostyn : Oh hello, Buttons.

• Colonel Mostyn : That Judas! The conceited, slippery, ungrateful, treacherous, strutting peacock! Overpaid, over-sexed and over there!

  Martin, codename Fly : Your coffee, sir.

  Colonel Mostyn : Get out!

• Colonel Mostyn : I would like to remind you that life is not all sex and sunlamps. You start serious training tomorrow. Early.

• Colonel Mostyn : In case the blood is stirring in your lecherous veins, let me tell you rule no. one: spies are not allowed to meet with office birds after hours. Violations of this is punishable with up to ten years imprisonment.

• Colonel Mostyn : If I may propose a toast to 'L'. 'L' is your official identification.

  'Boysie' Oakes : 'L'. Does that stand for anything in particular?

  Colonel Mostyn : 'L', I omited to tell you, stands for 'Liquidator'. Your a 'special' Special Agent. Your job is to kill for us.

• 'Boysie' Oakes : You sucked me into this you horrifying old monster!

  Colonel Mostyn : Don't be ridiculous Boysie, you belong to this life. You couldn't do without it.

• Colonel Mostyn : Never dust a probe too deep, if you know what I mean.

• 'Boysie' Oakes : Good evening Colonel, you caught me lying down.

  Colonel Mostyn : Who with?

• Colonel Mostyn : Were they together?

  Martin, codename Fly : No sir, they did not even seem to know each other.

  Colonel Mostyn : That bloody well proves it!

• Iris MacIntosh : [expecting Boysie on the other line of the phone]  Darling, where are you?

  Colonel Mostyn : I'm in London, Mrs Oakes, and it's raining.

  Iris MacIntosh : Oh, Colonel!

  Colonel Mostyn : Yes, it's your old uncle Mostyn. How's 'hubbie'?

• Colonel Mostyn : But, Chief, this is tantamount to murder.

  The Chief : Then go and find a murderer.

• Colonel Mostyn : The money we pay you will allow you a nibble at the old dolce vita.

• Colonel Mostyn : Fortunately, she wasn't pregnant. We don't want to leave any mementos behind, do we?

• Colonel Mostyn : Fascinating. Multicolored tits.

• Colonel Mostyn : it would mean leaving this delightful corner of the world and coming to London. No more necking every Thursday with the town clerk's wife.

• The Chief : The moment we smell any trouble, Mostyn - snap.

  Colonel Mostyn : Snap?

  The Chief : Snap. We liquidate them.

  Colonel Mostyn : We do what?

  The Chief : Liquidate them. Dispose of them. Give them the wooden overcoat, the deep six, the chop. Do you follow me?

• The Chief : We can afford a good salary to get the right chap. What's the price of loyalty these days? I'm out of touch.

  Colonel Mostyn : 6,000 a year or so with extras. Perhaps a bit of crumpet on the side.

• Colonel Mostyn : It's against all the principles of the Free World.

  The Chief : Who in the name of the four and twenty virgins is talking about principles, may I ask? Do we have principles in wartime? Mostyn, we've got to dam the floods, stem our security leaks. We've got to throw their intelligence cells out of gear, regain the trust of our allies. Ha ha! To say nothing of saving our own fat, greasy necks, thank you very much.

• The Chief : As far as the country is concerned, this is another unmitigated bloody disaster. Hell's teeth. I wouldn't mind if it was an isolated case, but it's always happening.

  Colonel Mostyn : And it always will, Chief, as long as we're bound by the rules.

  The Chief : You're adopting a very negative attitude, if I say so, Mostyn. They've got us by the short and curlies, lad!

• 'Boysie' Oakes : All I do here is learn how to kill people.

  Colonel Mostyn : Presumptuous of us, but think of it as a finishing course.

• Colonel Mostyn : You may become known as the stud of Bertram Place, me old son.