Dr. No (1962)
Bernard Lee: M.
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Quotes
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James Bond : Good evening, sir.
M : It happens to be 3 a.m. When do you sleep, 007?
James Bond : Never on the firm's time, sir.
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Major Boothroyd : [to M, referring to Bond's Beretta] Nice and light... in a lady's handbag.
M : Any comment, 007?
James Bond : I disagree, sir. I've carried the Beretta for ten years, and I've never missed with it.
M : No, but it jammed on you last job, and you spent six months in hospital in consequence. When you carry a 00 number, you have a license to kill, not get killed. Furthermore, since I've been head of MI7
[sic - MI6]
M : there's been a forty percent drop in casualties, and I want to keep it that way. From now on you carry the Walther... unless you'd rather return to standard intelligence duties.
James Bond : No sir, I would not.
M : [to Boothroyd] Show him, Armourer.
Major Boothroyd : [to Bond] Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. The American CIA swear by them.
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M : I'll have a set of background papers to take - delivered to you at the airport in a self-destructive bag. You can study them during the flight. I want to know what's happened to Strangways.
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M : Miss Moneypenny, forget the usual repartee - 007's in a hurry.