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The Missionary Quotes

The Missionary is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Missionary completed its run in 1970.

It features George Harrison as producer, Mike Moran (music producer) in charge of musical score, and Peter Hannan (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Missionary is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Missionary is 83 minutes long. The Missionary is distributed by Handmade Films (UK).

The cast includes: Maggie Smith as Ada, Rosamund Greenwood as Lady Fermleigh, Phoebe Nicholls as Deborah Fitzbanks, Maggie Smith as Lady Isabel Ames, Denholm Elliott as The Bishop, Michael Hordern as Slatterthwaite, Trevor Howard as Lord Ames, and David Suchet as Corbett.

The Missionary Quotes

Phoebe Nicholls as Deborah Fitzbanks

  • (Reverend Fortescue) "I'm going to remain a missionary."
  • (Phoebe Nicholls) "But I thought --"
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "A missionary IN ENGLAND."
  • (Phoebe Nicholls) "But everyone's ENGLISH in England."
  • (Phoebe Nicholls) "Everyone was asking after you. They're all terribly excited about the wedding."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Wedding?"
  • (Phoebe Nicholls) "OUR wedding."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Oh, yes -- Yes."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "I shall be looking after women -- Women who are in -- moral trouble."
  • (Phoebe Nicholls) "Liars?"

Maggie Smith as Lady Isabel Ames

  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Isabel?"
  • (Maggie Smith) "Charles. What are you doing here?"
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "I've come to stop you."
  • (Maggie Smith) "How dare you? How dare you interfere with my plans?"
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "You mustn't kill him."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Why not? What business is it of yours, interfering priest?"
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "You could hang for it."
  • (Maggie Smith) "No one's going to hang. It's a simple shooting accident."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Isabel, this is England in 1906. People don't go around killing each other just because they don't get on."
  • (Maggie Smith) "No, they just endure don't they? Stiff upper lip, that's the British way. I'm sure it wasn't like that in Africa."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Africa's primitive."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Oh, yes. God save us from being primitive."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "There's not so much wrong with the British way, for your class especially."
  • (Maggie Smith) "My class? This is not my class, Charles."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "You know what I mean."
  • (Maggie Smith) "You don't know what I mean."
  • (Maggie Smith) "You alone, sir? Want some company? Clean and cheap?"
  • (Maggie Smith) "Yes. I've disguised it well, haven't I? I had to. The honest tart never gets anywhere. No, they're not my bloody class, thank God."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "I'm sorry. Dear, God, I'm so sorry."
  • (Maggie Smith) "You were only trying to do the decent thing."
  • (Maggie Smith) "No, don't Charles."
  • (Maggie Smith) "That's the trouble with you. You're far too decent."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Most o' my boys just want company -- a bit o' cheerin' up. I'm like a mother to 'em. Only they can't f*** their mothers so they come 'ere."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "Isabel, I --"
  • (Maggie Smith) "Please, don't. I don't want to be understood."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Not now."
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "What are you going to do? What are you going to gain from this?"
  • (Maggie Smith) "I got it all wrong, didn't I?"
  • (Reverend Fortescue) "What do you mean?"
  • (Maggie Smith) "I tried to convert the missionary."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Fetch the coaches, will you?"
  • (David Suchet) "Oh, I love it when you give me orders."
  • (Maggie Smith) "NOW."

Trevor Howard as Lord Ames

  • (Trevor Howard) "Are there two "l"s in "disembowelment"?"
  • (Trevor Howard) "He really is the most disastrous butler. Can't we get rid of him?"
  • (Maggie Smith) "Of course we can't. He's been here for 25 years."
  • (Trevor Howard) "I don't know why we ever got rid of Marcheson."
  • (Maggie Smith) "You know perfectly well why we got rid of Marcheson."
  • (Trevor Howard) "That was only a bit of harmless fun."
  • (Maggie Smith) "Not for the parents."
  • (Trevor Howard) "You see, what I think is wrong with the country today is that there aren't enough people chained up."

Michael Hordern as Slatterthwaite

  • (Michael Hordern) "You can't miss it, sir. Turn right out of the station. Or left."

Rosamund Greenwood as Lady Fermleigh

  • (Rosamund Greenwood) "It was really a breach of manners. He's never done it before."

Denholm Elliott as The Bishop

  • (Denholm Elliott) "I tried to teach the rudiments of rugby football. But it wasn't really their sort of thing. They hang on to the ball for too long. Weeks, sometimes."

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