The Persuaders! Quotes

The Persuaders! is a Action, Adventure, Comedy that debuted in 1971 on ITV (TV network). The Persuaders! stopped airing in 1972.

The Persuaders! was on for 24 episodes. It features Roger Moore as producer, John Barry (composer) as theme composer, Ken Thorne as composer, and Tony Spratling as head of cinematography. The Persuaders! is executive produced by Robert S. Baker. The Persuaders! is created by Robert S. Baker.

The Persuaders! is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Persuaders! is 49 mins long. The Persuaders! is produced by Television Reporters International and distributed by ITC Entertainment.

The Persuaders! Quotes

• (Unnamed) "I waited at your apartment, but you never showed up."
• (Unnamed) "I made rather a mess of that, didn't I?"
• (Unnamed) "You must excuse him, his early life was heavily influenced by Rudolph Valentino."

• (Unnamed) "You know what really riles me? The fact that we could be outsmarted by a dumb-dumb like Felix. What does he think? He must think he's in some kind of a spy movie, that's what."
• (Unnamed) ""The Spy Who Came In from the Cold." That was a good film. Robert Burton."
• (Unnamed) "Benson."
• (Unnamed) "No; Richard Burton."
• (Unnamed) "No; Benson."
• (Unnamed) "Who's Benson?"
• (Unnamed) "That's the name of the guy I spoke on the phone with last night. He thought I was Felix. And he mentioned something about contracts."
• (Unnamed) "Ergo, Benson is the publisher."
• (Unnamed) "Right, go ahead."
• (Unnamed) "And there are only about three hundred publishers in London."
• (Unnamed) "Yeah, but how many of them have private printing presses in Switzerland? Now they're incorporated over there, they've got a branch office here, and that's how they get around the Official Secrets Act."
• (Unnamed) "I like it."
• (Unnamed) "Well, I don't."
• (Unnamed) "Well, I do. It's positive thinking. Well, it is going to take a little time tracking down the publisher."
• (Unnamed) "There's, uh, there's a flaw."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, what's that?"
• (Unnamed) "I mean, he's not just gonna hand us over the manuscript, right? We're gonna have to break in and steal it."
• (Unnamed) "We're not very good at that."
• (Unnamed) "Uh, we're lousy at that."

• (Unnamed) "Hello, Mr. Lomax, I'm Carl Harris. Welcome to England."
• (Unnamed) "What would you, uh, say if I told you I, uh, wasn't Lomax?"
• (Unnamed) "Well, then we'd probably have to kill you."
• (Unnamed) "Well, I'm Lomax. Believe me if I tell you. I'm Mr. Lomax."

• (Unnamed) "You might want to try for a pheasant, m'lord. I'll get the guns."
• (Unnamed) "Thank you, Chivers. A good idea."
• (Unnamed) "You still shoot peasants around here, huh?"

• (Unnamed) "Helloooo -- Welcome, good knight. Dost thou bring thy sword to aid the king?"
• (Unnamed) "Daniel, what on Earth are you doing here?"
• (Unnamed) "How'd you know it was me? I'm here because you invited me."
• (Unnamed) "I did?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, you did."
• (Unnamed) "Uh -- when did I invite you?"
• (Unnamed) "When did you invite me?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes."
• (Unnamed) "How many times have you said to me, "Why don't you come out and spend the weekend with me?" You must have said it a hundred times?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, of course -"
• (Unnamed) "So I finally show up, so here I am -"
• (Unnamed) "Any special reason, this particular weekend?"
• (Unnamed) "What special reason do I need? I'm your friend, right?"
• (Unnamed) "Well, of course you are -"
• (Unnamed) "Well, I'm here to see your incestral home."
• (Unnamed) "Ancestral."

• (Unnamed) "OK, come on, give me the map, let me be the navigator."
• (Unnamed) "Thank you, Daniel, I remember the last time we went to Berlin."
• (Unnamed) "So?"
• (Unnamed) "We were supposed to be going to Madrid."
• (Unnamed) "Well, nobody's perfect, kid."
• (Unnamed) "Certainly not you."

• (Unnamed) "Excuse me, you don't plan to open the door with the toothpick, do you?"
• (Unnamed) "No, sir. I indulged in a rather stringy beef sandwich on the journey."

• (Unnamed) "And you know what that is?"
• (Unnamed) "What is it?"
• (Unnamed) "It's a fireplace. I'm gonna clean it up, and put a big leather chair right in front here, and in the wintertime, when there's storms out, I'm gonna sit here with my old, faithful dog at my side -"
• (Unnamed) "But Daniel, you don't have a dog."
• (Unnamed) "Then I'll rent one."

• (Unnamed) "No-one's here."
• (Unnamed) "Quiet as the proverbial; why are we whispering? Daniel. He's got a -- shotgun."

• (Unnamed) "Take a look out there. You know what that is? Thats freedom. And all I needed was one last hit. So you know what? I'm gonna take a walk to freedom."
• (Unnamed) "No Angie. You was gonna do a bad thing Angie, I'm not gonna let you go."
• (Unnamed) "Aww, what you gonna do? Shoot me in the back? That was always the difference between you and me. See, in your place, I could pull that trigger."

• (Unnamed) "Daniel, will you please turn around and take me to the station? I wish to go back to London."
• (Unnamed) "I'm not takin' you back to the station to go back to London. You're staying with me."
• (Unnamed) "I don't care how good your surprise is, nothing is worth a ride like this."
• (Unnamed) "You know what your problem is? You're getting soft. Living in London is doing it to you, making you a softy. You stick with me, 'cause the surprise I'm gonna show you is gonna knock your eyes out."
• (Unnamed) "Well, that shouldn't be difficult, you've shaken them loose already."

• (Unnamed) "Poor Uncle Angus. Meanest man I ever met. Probably worth millions."
• (Unnamed) "Imagine. All that money and he died flat."
• (Unnamed) "Well, uh, as someone once said, "To lose one relative is misfortune. To lose two is carelessness.""
• (Unnamed) "Oscar Wilde."
• (Unnamed) "Thank you. But I have lost six. Which is absolute, downright negligence."

• (Unnamed) "Spencer Tracy once took a pipe cleaner; an ordinary pipe cleaner; and by inserting it into the lock, and moving it around in intricate positions; you know, I could be a gentleman cracksman with this -"
• (Unnamed) "There's no need to kneel, I'm a very democratic sort of lord."

• (Unnamed) "Look, we know the target's nine million in gold."
• (Unnamed) "Right."
• (Unnamed) "What we don't know is how we get it."
• (Unnamed) "That's a good question, Anderson."
• (Unnamed) "Would you like to tell us about it?"
• (Unnamed) "Al Capone. Pretty Boy Floyd. Edward G. Robinson. Legs Diamond. You know what these guys all had in common? Intellect. Brains. Genius. Organization. They ran their outfits like the Army. Just like a general, huh? Flank attacks for a diversion, down the frontal for the main attack, the pincer movements destroy the rear; essential. Remember the big Boston caper? Well, let me tell you about that one. You know what was the most important thing? Timing. Speed. Efficiency. Fast cars. Each man in exactly the position they're supposed to be at exactly the right moment; the exact second. Now if we can accomplish that, we will be successful."
• (Unnamed) "Mr. Lomax, could you be, uh, a little more specific?"

• (Unnamed) "Did you ever see a movie called "The Old Dark House?""
• (Unnamed) "No, what happened?"
• (Unnamed) "Everybody died."

• (Unnamed) "I'll bet you one hundred dollars his first words are, "Where is it?""
• (Unnamed) "Where is it?"
• (Unnamed) "You're right. Can you untie me?"

• (Unnamed) "I told you, Angie's my friend. He's all thats left for me. The streets I came from, the way things were for me."
• (Unnamed) "Danny, you can't go back to the way things were, cause they were never that way in the first place."

• (Unnamed) "I'm in trouble, Brett."
• (Unnamed) "Money trouble?"
• (Unnamed) "Woman trouble."
• (Unnamed) "Oh. Well, if you're going to have trouble, that's the sort to have."

• (Unnamed) "They're good, aren't they?"
• (Unnamed) "Excellent. I wish they were on our side."

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