Billy Dannreuther Quotes in Beat the Devil (1953)

Petersen: You mean Mrs. Chelm is an unqualified liar?

Billy Dannreuther: Well, let's say she uses her imagination rather than her memory.

Billy Dannreuther: The only thing standing between you and a watery grave is your wits, and that's not my idea of adequate protection.

O'Hara: I give you my word, I feel to you like an older brother. Oh, it's not so much a difference of age. It's probably, yes, the reason is, because I come from a culture which is so much older than yours. In my country, a child of 6 years old is older in his heart than you'll be at, at 60.

Billy Dannreuther: It smokes, it drinks, it philosophizes... at this rate I'll be 60 before you get to the point.

Ahmed: Your demands are very great, under the circumstances.

Billy Dannreuther: Why shouldn't they be? Fat Gut's my best friend, and I will not betray him cheaply.

Gwendolyn Chelm: You know, I've changed my mind about you being an evil doctor. You're off to keep a rendezvous someplace in Africa sacred to the tribesmen. You're going to found a new empire, and make yourself master of the riches of the world. But you need a beautiful blonde queen to impress the natives as, ah, the incarnation of the Queen of Sheba. That's why you're making a pass at me.

Billy Dannreuther: Am I?

Billy Dannreuther: Trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it, escape, while you can.

Gwendolyn Chelm: I am a British subject!

Billy Dannreuther: I wouldn't say that too loud.

Billy Dannreuther: I've got to have money. Doctor's orders are that I must have a lot of money, otherwise I become dull, listless and have trouble with my complexion.

Gwendolyn Chelm: But you're not like that now, and you haven't any money.

Billy Dannreuther: It's my expectations that hold me together.

Gwendolyn Chelm: I have a theory about you and your friends.

Billy Dannreuther: Correction - my associates.

Gwendolyn Chelm: As a matter of fact, I think you're doctors. Evil ones, I mean. You're going to the heart of the jungle where human life is cheap, to perform ghastly experiments which require the sacrifice of thousands on the altar of science.