The 39 Steps (1935)

Wylie Watson: Memory

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Quotes 

• Boy in audience : What won the Cup in 1926?

  Mr. Memory : Cup? Waterloo? Football? Or Tea, Sir?

  Boy in audience : Football, silly

  Heckler in Audience : When did Chelsea win it?

  Mr. Memory : 63BC in the presence of the Emperor Nero!

• Mr. Memory : The 39 Steps is an organization of spies collecting information on behalf of the foreign office of...

  [interrupted by gunshot, collapses] 

• Richard Hannay : How far is Winnipeg from Montreal?

  Mr. Memory : A gentleman from Canada. You're welcome, sir. Winnipeg, the third city of Canada and the capital of Manitoba. Distance from Montreal: 1424 miles.

• [repeated line] 

  Mr. Memory : Am I right sir?

• Heckler in Audience : How old is Mae West?

  Mr. Memory : I know, sir; but, I never tell a lady's age.

• Mr. Memory : Am I right, sir?

  Richard Hannay : Quite right, old chap.