The Avengers (TV Series)
A Sense of History (1966)
Nigel Stock: Richard Carlyon
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Quotes
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Richard Carlyon : It's not that I'm frightened, you know, it's not that at all.
John Steed : No, no.
Richard Carlyon : To tell you the truth, I'm absolutely petrified. I mean, I'm not cut out for this sort of stuff, murder, mayhem, lurkings after dark, attacks by young savages, not to mention the damp!
John Steed : The damp?
Richard Carlyon : Yes... yes, the... always gets me here.
[gestures to a place on his back but hits Steed's instead]
John Steed : Ooh!
Richard Carlyon : Oh, I, I do beg your pardon, I thought that was me. Old wound you know.
John Steed : Really? German bullet, World War Two?
Richard Carlyon : Umbrella. January sales. Darn stupid woman.
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Richard Carlyon : [referring to the death of Broom] Distressing business.
Emma Peel : Very.
Richard Carlyon : Yes, it quite spoiled my appetite when I heard.
Emma Peel : Ruined James Broom's.
Richard Carlyon : What? Oh, yes, yes, I see what you mean.
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Richard Carlyon : I think what Pettit was trying to suggest, sir, is that for the past...
[looks at his watch]
Richard Carlyon : ... eh, 53 minutes, you have assaulted our ears with a load of stupid, pretentious old rubbish.
Dr. Gordon Henge : Mr. Duboys, you have the manners of a gutter snipe!
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Richard Carlyon : There you are, you see, it gets progressively more hysterical. It is not an economic thesis, it's a political document. And it reeks of ideals and dogma.
John Steed : With the faintest whiff of jackboots.
Richard Carlyon : Good heavens.