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Without a Clue Quotes

Without a Clue is a television show that first aired in 1970 . Without a Clue stopped airing in 1970.

It features Marc Stirdivant as producer, and Henry Mancini in charge of musical score.

Without a Clue is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Without a Clue is 107 min. long. Without a Clue is distributed by Orion Pictures.

The cast includes: Michael Caine as Holmes, Ben Kingsley as Watson, Jeffrey Jones as Inspector Lestrade, Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson, Nigel Davenport as Lord Smithwick, Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes, Pat Keen as Mrs. Hudson, Peter Cook as Greenhough, Matthew Sim as Leslie, Matthew Savage as Wiggins, Harold Innocent as Lord Mayor Gerald Fitzwalter Johnson, and Tim Killick as Sebastian.

Without a Clue Quotes

Michael Caine as Holmes

  • (Local #1) "A toast to the greatest detective in all the world."
  • (Michael Caine) "Thank you, gentlemen. I am touched."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I can vouch for that."
  • (Professor James Moriarty) "Ordinarily I do not bother with half-wits and buffoons."
  • (Michael Caine) "Buffoons, is it?"
  • (Michael Caine) "Buffoon, is it?"
  • (Pat Keen) "He'll be killed."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I quite doubt it, Mrs. Hudson. He's in his element now."
  • (Michael Caine) "I'm reminded of the curious case of the Manchurian Mambo --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Holmes, could I have a word?"
  • (Michael Caine) "Yes, what is it?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I believe that was the Manchurian Mamba."
  • (Michael Caine) "Mambo, mamba. What's the difference?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Well, very little, except that one is a deadly, poisonous snake, while the other is a rather festive Carribean dance."
  • (Michael Caine) "It was a night like any other, when suddenly a knock came at the door. I opened it, and there were these Manchurians, doing a rather festive Carribean dance --"
  • (Michael Caine) "I warn you, sir, I've killed as many as six men in a week. Eight if you count matinees."
  • (Michael Caine) "Holmes, sweet Holmes."
  • (Michael Caine) "How can I be expected to maintain the character when you belittle me in front of those hooligans?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Character? Are we talking about the same man who once declared with total conviction that the late Colonel Howard had been bludgeoned to death with a blunt excrement ?"
  • (Michael Caine) "Is it my fault you have such poor handwriting?"
  • (Michael Caine) "I've got it. His real name is Arty-Morti."
  • (Michael Caine) "It is my opinion -- that he is dead."
  • (Michael Caine) "What am I looking for?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Footprints."
  • (Michael Caine) "Ah."
  • (Michael Caine) "Have I found any yet?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Not yet."
  • (Michael Caine) "Well let me know when I do."
  • (Michael Caine) "The Shadow of Death. The gripping drama was the last play presented at the Orpheum. It closed after only one night, but not without garnering some praise. Harris in the Daily Telegram said, 'In an otherwise dismal evening, Reginald Kincaid provided some welcome laughs.'"
  • (Matthew Savage) "You said it was a gripping drama."
  • (Michael Caine) "It's unimportant now, isn't it?"
  • (Michael Caine) "What are you doing?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Thinking."
  • (Michael Caine) "Right. I'm going to think too."
  • (Michael Caine) "What shall we think about, Watson?"
  • (Michael Caine) "Ah, now, now, we know for a fact that Giles was on the boat."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "No, we don't."
  • (Michael Caine) "Oh. Well, we do know for a fact that Giles arrived in Windermere."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "No he didn't."
  • (Michael Caine) "(He didn't? I thought he did.) Ah. Well, we really know that Giles was behind the theft of the printing plates."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "No, he wasn't."
  • (Michael Caine) "It wasn't YOU he tried to kill."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Think man, think -- Who was SUPPOSED to be in that room?"
  • (Michael Caine) "That's right. You were."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Moriarty knows -- I'm am the only match for his evil genius."
  • (Michael Caine) "You mean he's not trying to kill me?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Of course not. He knows you're an idiot."
  • (Michael Caine) "Oh, thank God."
  • (Michael Caine) "MORIARTY?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Oh, for God's sake --"
  • (Michael Caine) "You didn't tell me that homicidal maniac was in on this."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "That's because I knew you'd behave this way."
  • (Michael Caine) "Bravo. Another triumph for deductive reasoning."
  • (Michael Caine) "Ah, gentlemen. And what can I do for you? A mystery to be solved?"
  • (Thug) "You might say that. There's a little matter of a gambling debt, and the mystery is why you ain't paid it."
  • (Michael Caine) "As a matter of fact, Lestrade, You can be some help."
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Of course."
  • (Michael Caine) "Hold my coat, it's hot in here."

Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson

  • (Ben Kingsley) "Last night, Holmes realized how stupid he had been."
  • (Michael Caine) "Now, I didn't say stupid --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Yes, you did."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Lord Mayor. Don't move until Holmes has searched the area for clues."
  • (Michael Caine) "My GOD I've trained you well, Watson."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Oh, a French postcard."
  • (Michael Caine) "Really?"
  • (Michael Caine) "I know a chap who collected these once. He had this wonderful one -- two women -- oh, it's just a picture of the Eiffel Tower."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Mandchurian mambo --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Steady, Watson. Just get through it one more time. Then you're rid of that fellow -- What a pleasant thought."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I feel much better -- quite euphoric."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Believe it or not, I'm every bit Holmes's equal as a detective."
  • (Nigel Davenport) "Dr. Watson --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Ha ha, I happen to know that you recently recovered from an illness; that you smoke a pipe, ah., probably, uh, rosewood; and you spent time in China --"
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Sorry, doctor, this is no time for parlor games."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I'm not playing parlor games- --"
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Doctor, this is a matter for professionals."
  • (Michael Caine) "You've got to help me. There's two big men --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Holmes, you're back; so good to see you. My, this is a clever disguise; a drunken lout. Ha, very realistic."
  • (Michael Caine) "There's two; this one big fellow --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Ah, excuse us just a moment."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Gentlemen, Mr. Sherlock Holmes."
  • (Michael Caine) "Ah, Lestrade. It's good to see the department's letting you out at night again. Lord Smithwick; trouble at the exchequer?"
  • (Nigel Davenport) "Well, to be honest; Wait, how did you know?"
  • (Michael Caine) "The same way that I can tell you recently recovered from an illness; smoke a pipe, probably rosewood; and have spent some time in --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "China."
  • (Michael Caine) "China."
  • (Nigel Davenport) "AMAZING."
  • (Michael Caine) "Thank you. Uh, uh, Lord, uh, Smithwick, um, before we start, perhaps a -- little sherry?"
  • (Nigel Davenport) "I wish we could. But the matter which brings me here involves the fate of the entire Empire."
  • (Michael Caine) "I see. Perhaps a whiskey, then?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "But it's time now for the public to learn the truth."
  • (Peter Cook) "The; truth?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Certainly. No one will want to read of that twit again. His popularity will plummet. They'll be desperate for my new creation."
  • (Peter Cook) "What new creation?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "John Watson, the Crime Doctor. I can have it ready for your very next issue."

Jeffrey Jones as Inspector Lestrade

  • (Jeffrey Jones) "You're alive."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Astounding observation, Inspector. We must discuss it."
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "His Lordship wishes to see Mr. Holmes."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I'm sorry to say he's not here at the moment."
  • (Nigel Davenport) "Oh, how disappointing."
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Sir, as I said before, I really don't think Mr. Holmes' involvement in this case is at all necessary."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "I quite agree."
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "You do?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "However, the Crime Doctor is at your disposal."
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Who the deuce is the Crime Doctor?"
  • (Jeffrey Jones) "Half a tick, Mr. Holmes. Ye can't go walkin' into someone's residence, pokin' about their personal possessions, disruptin' their privacy -- That's for Scotland Yard."

Tim Killick as Sebastian

  • (Tim Killick) "Sorry, Professor. We thought the dock was deserted."
  • (Professor James Moriarty) "Sorry, indeed. I went to all this trouble for the sake of discretion, and then you allow this to happen. Well?"
  • (Dockworker) "No, no. Nooo."
  • (Professor James Moriarty) "Come on. Let's not be all day about it."
  • (Tim Killick) "Do you suppose he took the case, Professor?"
  • (Professor James Moriarty) "What? My dear boy, how could he resist? This is turning out so very well."
  • (Tim Killick) "Nothing, Professor. Probably rats."
  • (Professor James Moriarty) "Ah, yes. Rats."

Nigel Davenport as Lord Smithwick

  • (Nigel Davenport) "And I don't have to tell you what that would mean."
  • (Michael Caine) "Yes you do."

Matthew Sim as Leslie

  • (Matthew Sim) "Oh, my head --"
  • (Pat Keen) "It's all right, dear. It's still there."
  • (Matthew Sim) "Oh, you brave, brave man."
  • (Michael Caine) "Danger is my trade; but not yours. It's unsafe for you to sleep alone tonight, unattended."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Yes, we insist you stay with us."
  • (Matthew Sim) "Oh, but, but surely I'd be an imposition."
  • (Michael Caine) "Think nothing of it, my dear."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Indeed. Holmes will be working -- all night anyway, so you can have his room."

Pat Keen as Mrs. Hudson

  • (Pat Keen) "Mr. Holmes. What would Dr. Watson say?"
  • (Michael Caine) "He would have offered to kick the chair out from underneath me."

Harold Innocent as Lord Mayor Gerald Fitzwalter Johnson

  • (Harold Innocent) "Well, Mr. Holmes. Any theories?"
  • (Michael Caine) "Obviously, the victim had been caught in a storm too far from shore to swim for it."
  • (Harold Innocent) "Yes, and with that heavy suitcase attached to his wrist, and the lake being so deep."
  • (Michael Caine) "Quite. Pulled the poor wretch to the bottom, struggling futilely, flailing desperately as the cold, black water sealed his fate forever Well, it's certainly been a laugh. Thank you."

Matthew Savage as Wiggins

  • (Matthew Savage) "You know, I kind of liked you better when you was a coward."

Peter Cook as Greenhough

  • (Peter Cook) "We'll start at the beginning, shall we?"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "It was about nine years ago. One of my patients was a Scotland Yard inspector investigating the Paxton murder case. I give him the name of the murderer, but gave credit to a, heh, nonexistent detective. At the time, I was hoping for an appointment to the staff of a rather conservative medical college; I -- knew that they'd frown on my little, uh --"
  • (Peter Cook) "Hobby --"
  • (Ben Kingsley) "Exactly. Well, I didn't get the appointment. Instead, what I got was a quite unanticipated public demand to meet this "Sherlock Holmes.""
  • (Peter Cook) "So you hired this Reginald Kincaid."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "He was an actor. Unfortunately, he was also a gambler, a womanizer, and a drunkard."
  • (Peter Cook) "John, you have jeopardized the integrity of English literature. Still, I should have known. He was always borrowing large sums of money off me and, uh, never paying me back."
  • (Ben Kingsley) "The cad."
  • (Peter Cook) "Oh, don't worry, we deducted it from your royalties."

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