- I read somewhere that a Scotland Yard man never accepts a drink from anyone he intends to arrest. Is that true, Mr. Clayton?
- Quite so.
9 seconds sound clip from the Beat the Devil (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:28:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I believe you were acquainted with a Mr. Vanmere, now deceased.
- Peterson. You and the boys better come back down.
- A gentleman here wants to speak to you, a Mr. Jack Clayton of Scotland Yard.
- You take your wine here or upstairs, Mr. Dann?
- Care to join us in a drink, Clayton?
- No, thanks. It's a bit early in the day for me.
- No, I'm Mrs. Chelm. This is Mrs. Dannreuther. How do you do?
- I wouldn't dream of alarming you lovely ladies.
- So perhaps I'll have a glass of bubbly after all.
- Peterson. How do you do, sir?
- Ravello. And Mr. O'Horror. O'Hara. Julius O'Hara. Delighted.
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