The Avengers (TV Series)

How to Succeed .... At Murder (1966)

Patrick Macnee: John Steed

Quotes 

• Sara Penney : Where do I sit?

  John Steed : Sit?

  John Steed : [a polite nod from Penny]  Oh yes, sit!

  [straightens up in his chair and slaps his thighs] 

  John Steed : Here would be delightfully informal.

• John Steed : [Steed has hit Emma's bumper with his Bentley]  I'm most terribly sorry, Miss.

  [quietly] 

  John Steed : I just wanted a word with you.

  Emma Peel : [shouts]  Are you blind?

  [quietly] 

  Emma Peel : Couldn't you have phoned?

  John Steed : [quietly]  And risk a wire tap?

  [louder] 

  John Steed : My foot missed the brake.

  [quietly again] 

  John Steed : Henrietta's been dead for years, just seen the gravestone, it's all extremely odd.

  [louder] 

  John Steed : Well, no harm done.

  Emma Peel : [louder still]  No harm? There ought to be a law against these things.

  John Steed : [quietly]  How are you getting on?

  Emma Peel : Not to well, progressing.

  [louder] 

  Emma Peel : Watch your driving in future!

  [walks off] 

  John Steed : [whispering]  And you watch your step.

• John Steed : [to Miss Penney]  Terrible weather. And nothing between you and the weather, but leather.