Peter Cushing: 47 Movie Quotes with Audio – Page 3

Updated: Oct 9, 2026

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21 The mummy. I wanted to tell you about the mummy. -The mummy? -From Ananka's tomb. -Oh, she's in the British Museum, sir. -Not the princess, not her. It was the mummy who lives.

Peter Cushing as John Banning; Felix Aylmer as Stephen Banning in The Mummy (1959)

22 Now, if half the story is true, why not the other half? -Because the other half is removed from fact. It's fantasy.

Raymond Huntley as Joseph Whemple; Peter Cushing as John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

23 All right, Inspector. I believe the intruder was a mummy, a living mummy.

As John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

24 A mummy. One of those Egyptian things? -That's right. -I thought they were always dead people. -They usually are. By rights, this one should be dead too.

Eddie Byrne as Inspector Mulrooney; Peter Cushing as John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

25 I made an extensive study of this so-called religion. It's based upon artificial creeds and beliefs, some of them ludicrous in the extreme.

As John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

26 Did it ever occur to you that beneath the superficial you've learnt about, there could be a great and passionate devotion to this God? -It occurred to me, but I dismissed it.

George Pastell as Mehemet Bey; Peter Cushing as John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

27 What about these? Have you ever seen anything so beautiful? Bardello's hands. The hands of the world's greatest sculptor. -Where did you get them? -Leipzig. I heard that Bardello died there last week. All it needed was a little bribery.

As Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein

28 You realize what this means? -It means that our friend here will be reborn with the finest hands ever possessed by any man.

As Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein

29 In six months' time, you'll rejoice in the fact that you helped me present this achievement to the world. You'll be as famous as I will. -No, Victor. Infamous!

As Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein

30 The features are not important. What matters is I'm creating a being that will live and breathe. Once the scars on the face heal, it won't look so bad.

As Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein