High Spirits (1988)
Liz Smith: Mrs Plunkett
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Quotes
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Mrs. Plunkett : Good morning, darling!
Plunkett Senior : Good morning dear! Well, our son is an idiot!
Mrs. Plunkett : We've known that for years, haven't we, darling?
Plunkett Senior : Well, this time he has surpassed himself. The ghosts are furious!
Mrs. Plunkett : Why?
Plunkett Senior : Well, they've heard that that Jim Brogan fellow is going to move the castle to Malibu!
Mrs. Plunkett : Oh, how nice! All that sunshine and all those movie stars!
Plunkett Senior : No respectable ghost would live in California!
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Mrs. Plunkett : Your father's so worried, he's tearing his hair out!
Peter Plunkett : Mother, father has been dead for a decade
Mrs. Plunkett : And what about your grandmother? How do you think she feels?
Peter Plunkett : Mother, grandmother is dead too!
Mrs. Plunkett : She's still upset
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Mrs. Plunkett : [Peter is about to hang himself] Oh! Taking the easy way out, you naughty boy!
Peter Plunkett : Mother, please! This is not easy, this is very, very difficult!
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Mrs. Plunkett : [sees Jack, about Mary] You do love her, don't you?
Jack : Yeah, I guess I do. I - I don't know.
Mrs. Plunkett : Then what's the problem then?
Jack : She's a ghost. She's dead, I'm alive.
[goes amazed]
Jack : How do you know all this?
Mrs. Plunkett : [smiles] I'm married to one.