The Avengers (TV Series)

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

Diana Rigg: Emma Peel

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Quotes 

• J.J. Hooter : You see, I smell a great deal.

  Emma Peel : You do? Eh, I mean you do.

• 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.

• J.J. Hooter : [after removing his nose protector]  There you see the splendid beast. Naked before you.

  Emma Peel : Hm. It very a... handy.

  J.J. Hooter : But what until you see him in action, Mrs. Peel. Wait until you see him twitch and flare.

• Emma Peel : It's all this secretarial business. I got cramp in my glutils and my dorsals were definitely dormant.