The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.: Rupert of Hentzau

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Quotes 

• Rupert of Hentzau : Someone once called fidelity a fading woman's greatest defense and a charming woman's greatest hypocrisy. And you're very charming. And Michael's very busy and likely to be more so.

• [during his sword fight with Rupert, Rudolph "retreats" towards the drawbridge's controls] 

  Rupert of Hentzau : You'd be a sensation in a circus. I can't understand it. Where did you learn such roller skating?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Coldstream Guards, my boy. Come on now, when does the fencing lesson begin?

  Rupert of Hentzau : Stand still and fight, you coward!

• Rupert of Hentzau : Why don't you let me kill you quietly?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Oh, a little noise adds a touch of cheer. You notice I'm getting closer to the drawbridge rope?

  Rupert of Hentzau : You're so fond of rope, it's a pity to finish you off with steel. What did they teach you on the playing fields of Eton? Puss in the corner?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Oh, chiefly not throwing knives at other people's backs.

• Rupert of Hentzau : I see you want to let the drawbridge down. I just killed a man for that.

  Rudolph Rassendyll : An unarmed man, of course.

  Rupert of Hentzau : Of course!

• Rupert of Hentzau : Touché, Rassendyll! I cannot get used to fighting furniture - where did you learn it?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : That all goes with the old school tie.

  Rupert of Hentzau : Well, then, here's your last fencing lesson. Look out for your head.

• Rupert of Hentzau : I cannot get used to fighting with furniture.