Rumpole of the Bailey Quotes
"Soapy" Sam Ballard: Rumpole as a client! God give me strength!
Hilda Rumpole: Oh, don't worry, Sam. If God doesn't, I certainly will.
Hilda Rumpole: Oh, don't worry, Sam. If God doesn't, I certainly will.
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey
Dave Anstey: It's cast-iron, my alibi.
Horace Rumpole: I'm not altogether sure I like cast-iron alibis. They're the sort that sink quickest - to the bottom of the sea.
Horace Rumpole: I'm not altogether sure I like cast-iron alibis. They're the sort that sink quickest - to the bottom of the sea.
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey
Guthrie Featherstone, QC MP: [after realizing he has missed his bus] I shouldn't have stood here chattering to you, Rumpole. I must be a complete idiot.
Horace Rumpole: [after Featherstone runs for a taxi] Is that a confession we can accept as the truth, my lord?
Horace Rumpole: [after Featherstone runs for a taxi] Is that a confession we can accept as the truth, my lord?
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey
Hilda Rumpole: [referring to her nephew] He's quite a big shot in the cathedral. They made him a canon.
Horace Rumpole: Is that a funny, Hilda?
Horace Rumpole: Is that a funny, Hilda?
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey
Hilda Rumpole: [Gushingly] It seems like only yesterday that I was a young girl and you proposed to me.
Horace Rumpole: [Acidly] No, it was longer than that.
Horace Rumpole: [Acidly] No, it was longer than that.
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey
Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard Q.C.: I believe it is the first time in our long history, Rumpole, that these chambers have contained... a chancellor!
Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard Q.C.: [Rumpole is so shocked, he sits down] Yes, Rumpole, unworthy as I am.
Horace Rumpole: [regaining his composure] Well, that's the understatement of the year!
Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard Q.C.: [Rumpole is so shocked, he sits down] Yes, Rumpole, unworthy as I am.
Horace Rumpole: [regaining his composure] Well, that's the understatement of the year!
Movie: Rumpole of the Bailey