The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)

A Scandal in Bohemia (1984)

Jeremy Brett: Sherlock Holmes

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• Sherlock Holmes : She is a lovely woman, Watson, with a face that a man might die for.

  Dr. John Watson : "A face a man might die for?" Unusual language for you, Holmes.

  Sherlock Holmes : A metaphor, Watson, nothing else.

• Sherlock Holmes : I am lost without my Boswell.

• Sherlock Holmes : You don't mind breaking the law?

  Dr. John Watson : Not in the least.

  Sherlock Holmes : Nor running the chance of arrest?

  Dr. John Watson : Not in a good cause.

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, the cause is excellent.

  Dr. John Watson : Well, then I am your man.

• Sherlock Holmes : [undercover]  It is but shallow and the concussion wears off.

• King of Bohemia : What a woman! What a queen she would have made! Is it not a pity she was not on my level?

  Sherlock Holmes : From what I have seen of the lady, yes indeed, she is on a very different level to your Majesty.

• Sherlock Holmes : My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems; give me work. Give me the most abstruse cryptogram, the most intricate analysis, and I'm in my proper atmosphere. Then I can dispense with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave mental exultation. That is why I have chosen my own profession, or rather, created it, for I am the only one in the world.

  Dr. John Watson : The only unofficial detective?

  Sherlock Holmes : The only unofficial consulting detective.

• Sherlock Holmes : It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

• Sherlock Holmes : [undercover]  I am so sorry, I think I'm going to faint.

• Dr. John Watson : [Watson and a disguised Holmes travel by hansom cab to Irene Adler's home to retrieve a compromising photograph]  Well, the question is, where to find the photograph? I mean, the house has twice been burgled.

  Sherlock Holmes : Ah, she was too clever for them. She is a remarkable woman.

  Dr. John Watson : Well, they must have searched very thoroughly.

  Sherlock Holmes : *They* did not know how to look.

  Dr. John Watson : And how will you look?

  Sherlock Holmes : I shall not look.

  Dr. John Watson : What, then?

  Sherlock Holmes : I will allow her to show me.

  Dr. John Watson : [bursts out laughing]  But she'll refuse!

  Sherlock Holmes : She will not be able to. Ah, we draw near the scene of action. We had better walk from here.

  [knocks on the ceiling of the cab] 

• Sherlock Holmes : Was there a secret marriage?

  King of Bohemia : None.

  Sherlock Holmes : No legal papers or certificates?

  King of Bohemia : None.

  Sherlock Holmes : Then I fail to follow your Majesty. If the person should produce your letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity?

  King of Bohemia : There is the writing.

  Sherlock Holmes : Pooh, pooh! Forgery!

  King of Bohemia : My private writing paper.

  Sherlock Holmes : Stolen!

  King of Bohemia : My own seal.

  Sherlock Holmes : Imitated!

  King of Bohemia : My photograph.

  Sherlock Holmes : Bought!

  King of Bohemia : [slowly saying]  We... were both in... the photograph.

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh dear, dear, dear. Yes, that is very bad. Your Majesty has certainly committed an indiscretion.

• Sherlock Holmes : Only a German is so uncourteous to his verbs.

• Sherlock Holmes : There's money in this case, Watson, if there's nothing else.