Houdini and Doyle (TV Mini Series)
Strigoi (2016)
Stephen Mangan: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Quotes
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Harry Houdini : I broke out of this same exact cell two years ago.
Arthur Conan Doyle : How did you do it ?
Harry Houdini : Flawlessly.
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Adelaide Stratton : I'm not ruling out anyone as a suspect, including Mr. Stoker.
Arthur Conan Doyle : Bram is incapable of such a crime. Yes, he's socially awkward but he is a loyal friend who provided a great deal of encouragement when I decided to stop practicing medicine and write full-time.
Harry Houdini : That's great. Good luck with that.
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Adelaide Stratton : So you believe his story ?
Arthur Conan Doyle : Of course I do.
Harry Houdini : As much as it pains me to agree with Doyle, I do too.
[Adelaide stares at him]
Harry Houdini : Well I know what it feels like having obsessed fans hounding you. The number of times I've come back to my hotel and found a woman in my room...
Arthur Conan Doyle : They're called housekeepers.
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Adelaide Stratton : Perhaps
[the maid]
Adelaide Stratton : found something incriminating about him ?
Arthur Conan Doyle : There's nothing incriminating to be found. It's a wild-goose chase.
Harry Houdini : Unlike being called to a cemetery to look for vampires ?
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Arthur Conan Doyle : According to Darwin, species continually adapt to higher forms in order to survive. The ultimate form of which is immortality.
Adelaide Stratton : Nothing lives forever.
Harry Houdini : Exactly. The only path to immortality is fame. People will be talking about me for hundreds of years. And you ?
[looks at Doyle]
Harry Houdini : For at least a dozen.