The 39 Steps (2008 TV Movie)

Rupert Penry-Jones: Richard Hannay

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• Richard Hannay : So, what's the story?

  Scudder : [hesitantly]  I am a freelance agent for the British Secret Service Bureau.

  Richard Hannay : My housekeeper told me you were an accountant.

  Scudder : I don't make a habit of telling people that I'm a spy. Last night I was supposed to meet someone from the Bureau to exchange information, but it was a double-cross. Obviously I've been betrayed. I've been on the trail of a German espionage ring and I've tracked down their headquarters to a village in Scotland.

  Richard Hannay : [sarcastically]  You should contact the Weekly News. They're offering ten pounds to anyone spotting a German agent. An espionage ring could make you a very wealthy man.

• Victoria Sinclair : Why don't we steal that car and leave it in the next town.

  Richard Hannay : Because it belongs to those two men up there. They're German spies who are chasing me with a view to ending my life.

  Victoria Sinclair : You're not just a murderer but a delusional maniac - just my luck.

• Richard Hannay : Well at least you're only a spy and not a suffragette.

  Victoria Sinclair : Well, actually I'm a spy /and/ a suffragette.

  Richard Hannay : Oh Lord!

• Richard Hannay : When we return to London, I intend to woo you.

• Victoria Sinclair : I don't believe in violence.

  Richard Hannay : Course you believe in violence - you're a suffragette. You fire-bomb the homes of politicians.

  Victoria Sinclair : What! You'd rather I sat at home warming your slippers?

  Richard Hannay : I don't want you *touching* my slippers.

  Victoria Sinclair : You're a prehistoric boor.

  Richard Hannay : You, my dear, are an unhinged hysteric.

• Richard Hannay : No one should involve themselves in intelligence work without a good breakfast.