Modesty Blaise (1966)

Dirk Bogarde: Gabriel

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• Gabriel : I am the villain of the piece and I have to condemn you.

  Modesty Blaise : But I am the heroine. Don't I get away?

  Gabriel : Perhaps.

• Gabriel : [Staked out in the hot sun and very thirsty]  Champagne... champagne... champagne.

• Gabriel : Suffragette!

  Modesty Blaise : Psychopath!

• McWhirter : [after watching Mrs. Fothergill strangle a mime with her knees]  Have you ever wondered about Mr. Fothergill?

  Gabriel : I am Mr. Fothergill.

• Modesty Blaise : Where are you taking me?

  Gabriel : You are on board the Andronicus bound from Bizerte to Dubrovnik with a cargo of fruits and nuts.

  Willie Garvin : He's a fruit merchant, see?

  Modesty Blaise : He's a nut.

  Gabriel : That's enough of that.

• Gabriel : [to Pacco]  If the girl is alive tomorrow night, you won't be.

• Modesty Blaise : [Speaking of Gabriel's criminal career]  The Royal Box at Ascot... picking pockets.

  Gabriel : One has to start somewhere, you know.

  Modesty Blaise : Your first mistake.

  Gabriel : [Pointing his finger reprovingly]  My last!

• Gabriel : You know, you really are very beautiful.

  Modesty Blaise : I haven't been dead for two years.

  Gabriel : Very good for one's image.

  Modesty Blaise : Mmmm.

• Gabriel : You must learn to sip your pleasures, Mrs. Fothergill. Don't gulp them all down at one go!

• Gabriel : I have given them the tools. They must finish the job.

• Gabriel : Modesty Blaise.

  McWhirter : Is she with us?

  Gabriel : No, alas. Against us, once again.

• Gabriel : I offer you a flag of truce - and a delicious breakfast.

  Modesty Blaise : If you have a good champagne.

  Gabriel : Excellent!

• Gabriel : Your Brussels job - superb. Two Botticellis, one Grandma Moses.

  Modesty Blaise : One Botticelli and two Grandma Moseses.

• Gabriel : You know, we should be partners, you know.

  Modesty Blaise : Oh, if I gave the orders.