Joan Greenwood
(as Daphne Birnley)
Daphne Birnley, Alan Birnley's daughter:
Thank you Sidney. If you would've said "yes" I could've strangled you!
Alec Guinness
(as Sidney Stratton)
Sidney Stratton:
[Seeing the assistant's pen-lighter] That's ingenious. May I?
Assistant: Of course.
Sidney Stratton: [Flicking the lighter on] I wonder, can you tell me what is the ratio of ink to petrol?
Assistant: I don't know.
Assistant: Of course.
Sidney Stratton: [Flicking the lighter on] I wonder, can you tell me what is the ratio of ink to petrol?
Assistant: I don't know.
Alec Guinness
(as Sidney Stratton)
Edie Martin
(as Mrs. Watson)
Mrs. Watson, Sidney's landlady:
Why can't you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing when there's no washing to do?
Ernest Thesiger
(as Sir John Kierlaw)
Sir John Kierlaw:
Now. Some fool has invented an indestructible cloth. Where is he? How much does he want?
Alec Guinness
(as Sidney Stratton)
[Daphne laughs at Sidney's suit]
Sidney Stratton: What's funny about it?
Daphne Birnley, Alan Birnley's daughter: It's just the suit. It looks as if it's wearing you.
Sidney Stratton: It's still a bit luminous but it'll wear off.
Daphne Birnley, Alan Birnley's daughter: Oh, no!
Sidney Stratton: No?
Sidney Stratton: No. Makes you look like a knight in shining armor.
Sidney Stratton: What's funny about it?
Daphne Birnley, Alan Birnley's daughter: It's just the suit. It looks as if it's wearing you.
Sidney Stratton: It's still a bit luminous but it'll wear off.
Daphne Birnley, Alan Birnley's daughter: Oh, no!
Sidney Stratton: No?
Sidney Stratton: No. Makes you look like a knight in shining armor.