films-based-on-english-novels

"If that's Arlena, she must be being dressed by Woolworths these days."

"Richard Vernon — Mr. Flewitt"

"She runs like a dromedary with dropsy."

"Emily Hone — Linda Marshall"

"Diana Rigg — Arlena Stuart Marshall"

"It is not me that is hiding, it is you who are lying!"

"Yes, I have been swimming! There's nothing like the shock of cold water and rhythmic movement to stimulate the little grey cells."

"I myself timed the journey. But then I was not running like a young gazelle, for obvious reasons."

"Madame, there is nothing like a good night's rest to clear the little grey cells. Kindly ask all our friends to foregather in the lounge after they have finished their petit dejeuner, when all will be revealed."

"Mesdames, Mademoiselle, Messieurs — the reason I asked you to meet me here this morning — please, Monsieur — is that I, Hercule Poirot, have discovered the identity of the murderer of Madame Marshall. This need surprise no one. Are you all comfortable? Even the murderer?"

"A picture of innocence."

"You see, it is folly to try and trick Hercule Poirot... even in a dead language."

"Dear Monsieur Poirot, a word in your ear. The whole world knows that you are a man of enormous discretion and gallantry, a man not only privy to the secrets of kings and prime ministers, but also a man who would never willingly stand by and see a lady in trouble without rushing to her aid. I appeal to you now, as just such a frail woman, in need of help. In fact I throw myself on your mercy. Couldn't we make this a private investigation? You know how peculiar people can be about a spot of murder."

"Arlena and I were in the chorus of a show together, not that I could ever compete. Even in those days, she could always throw her legs up in the air higher than any of us... and wider."

"Look, I was wrong about cherchez la femme. Sorry about that, but it's quite obviously cherchez le fruit. Rex, see, is the only one unaccounted for."

"If I can't see you faces shining in every knife, fork and spoon, I'll have your guts for garters! Understood?"

"Have you ever met a Tyranian doctor, Monsieur Poirot? The limit of their skill is determining the fitness of an ox to pull a cart."

"Monsieur Poirot, you have the French obsession — I'm sorry, Belgian obsession — with crime passionnel. But you're barking up the wrong tree."

"Don't believe all that about her being too weedy. Women fight like tigers when losing their husbands. Not that I've had much experience at that sort of thing myself."

"Thank you for those three hours of sheer, and unadulterated hell! This may come as a nasty surprise to you but shock absorbers have been standardized equipment on motorized vehicles for thirty years!"

"Linda, do stop standing there like a coughdrop and say good morning to Monsieur Poirot!"

"If it's fun you're looking for, darling, go play with the jellyfish."

"Denis Quilley — Kenneth Marshall"

"James Mason — Odell Gardener"

"Sylvia Miles — Myra Gardener"

"Roddy McDowall — Rex Brewster"

"Maggie Smith — Daphne Castle"

"Nicholas Clay — Patrick Redfern"

"Jane Birkin — Christine Redfern"

"Colin Blakely — Sir Horace Blatt"

"Peter Ustinov — Hercule Poirot"

"While vacationing in the Greek Isles, famous detective Hercule Poirot spotted a beautiful woman on the beach. Realizing that she was dead, he did not ask her out to dinner."

"Holidays can be murder."

"Have a good time, my dear Poirot..."

"Evil is Everywhere. Even in Paradise."

"I could just kill that cow!"

"Alan Napier - Mr. Rutland"

"Are you still in the mood for killing?"

"You're very sexy with your face clean."

"I'm fighting a powerful impulse to beat the hell out of you."

"When we get home, I'll explain that we had a lover's quarrel... That you ran away... That I went after you and brought you back. That'll please Dad. He admires action. Then I'll explain that we' re gonna be married before the week is out... That I can't bear to have you out of my sight. He also admires wholesome animal lust."

"The best thing for the inside of a man or a woman is the outside of a horse."

"Would his touch end Marnie's unnatural fears or start them again?"

"Thief... Liar... Cheat... she was all of these and he knew it!"

"Only Alfred Hitchcock could have created so suspenseful a sex mystery!"

"From Alfred Hitchcock with sex and suspense."

"On Marnie's wedding night he discovered every secret about her . . . except one!"

"Alfred Hitchcock's love stories start where others fail to go!"

"The more he loved her . . . The more she hated him . . . For trying to unravel her secret!"

"Tippi Hedren - Marnie Edgar"