Bridie Quotes in North West Frontier (1959)

Bridie: It seems a bit extreme to me locking him up like that, after all what can he do?

Catherine Wyatt: The idea of locking him up is so that we don't have to find out what he can do, Mr. Bridie.

Bridie: I don't suppose he's even got anything to read.

Peters: Uhhh, Mrs. Wyatt, it is clear you do not understand the British mentality. While Van Leyden was a Dutch journalist, Mr. Bridie here diskiked him intensely, Ouuh... as soon as he discovered discovered he was a half breed, Bridie began... well... felt a certain sympathy for him... Now that you all suspect him of being an anti-British fanatic and maty be a murderer, Mr. Bridie will start crusading for him. He has become an underdog. and the British love underdogs.

Bridie: Hmmm, it's better than kicking them, Mr. Peters.

Detective Inspector Harris: I can see you're a true puritan, Bridie. Eh?

Bridie: There's nothing wrong with that, Sir.

Detective Inspector Harris: Of course not. There was a time when that was against the law you know.