Dead of Night (1945)

Basil Radford: George Parratt

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• [Golfing buddies Larry and George, in a pub, are arguing over the beautiful Mary, whom they both desire and who likes both of them. Mary sits crowded between them, yet they act as though she is not there. All three look depressed, their chins slumped into their hands] 

  Larry Potter : I wish you were dead, old man.

  George Parratt : It'd be just as good if you were.

  Larry Potter : George! I've got it!

  George Parratt : What?

  Larry Potter : We'll play for her!

  George Parratt : Tomorrow morning. Eighteen holes!

  Larry Potter : Match play!

  George Parratt : The loser to vanish from the scene.

  Larry Potter : Forever.

  George Parratt : Put it there, then.

  [they shake hands] 

  Mary : Of course! Why didn't we think of it sooner!

• George Parratt : Because a chap becomes a ghost, it surely doesn't mean that he ceases to be a gentleman.