Arabesque (1966)
John Merivale: Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane
Quotes
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Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane : May I have a word with you please Professor Pollock?
David Pollock : Well... if it's about that small outstanding bill at the bookstore there is a simple explanation: Poverty.
Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane : No, it's nothing like that.
David Pollock : Oh, in that case, how do you do?
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Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane : I'm only checking your glasses. You look as though I want to drill your teeth. Do sit down, Professor Ragheeb. That doesn't sound English. Are you English, Professor Ragheeb?
Ragheeb : Why do you ask?
Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane : Oh, small talk, merely small talk. The weather's too dull and politics too explosive. I certainly didn't mean to pry.