Wanda[after Otto breaks in on Wanda and Archie in Archie's flat and hangs him out the window]I was dealing with something delicate, Otto. I'm setting up a guy who's incredibly important to us, who's going to tell me where the loot is and if they're going to come and arrest you. And you come loping in like Rambo without a jockstrap and you dangle him out a fifth-floor window. Now, was that smart? Was it shrewd? Was it good tactics? Or was it stupid?
WandaOh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?
WandaYes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.
ArchieI do, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
OttoOh, you English are *so* superior, aren't you? Well, would you like to know what you'd be without us, the good ol' U.S. of A. to protect you? I'll tell you. The smallest fucking province in the Russian Empire, that's what! So don't call me stupid, lady. Just thank me.
WendyWell, *thank* you for popping in and protecting us.
OttoIf it wasn't for us, you'd all be speaking *German!* Singing "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles..."
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WandaI'm sorry about my brother, Ken. I know he's insensitive. He's had a hard life. Dad used to beat him up.
ArchieWanda, do you have any idea what it's like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing, of saying to someone "Are you married?" and hearing "My wife left me this morning," or saying, uh, "Do you have children?" and being told they all burned to death on Wednesday. You see, Wanda, we'll all terrified of embarrassment. That's why we're so... dead. Most of my friends are dead, you know, we have these piles of corpses to dinner. But you're alive, God bless you, and I want to be, I'm so fed up with all this. I want to make love with you, Wanda. I'm a good lover - at least, used to be, back in the early 14th century. Can we go to bed?
Otto[comes back with a long-handled pan]And he's going to be very pleased with me to find you here, all tied up and ready for the police!
[knocks Archie out with a pan]
OttoAnd don't call me "Otto." To you, I am "Mr..."
[stops, lifts bag, sees it's Archie, screams]
OttoOh, my God... Oh... Oh my God. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[pats Archie's face]
OttoPlease, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you. How could I know it was you? I mean, how could you expect me to guess? Stupid jerk! I mean, what the fuck were you doing *robbing* your *own house?*
[kicks Archie in the stomach]
OttoYou asshole! You stupid, stiff, pompous, English...!
OttoI love watching your ass when you walk. Is that beautiful or what? Don't go near him, he's mine.
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Otto WestLook, you obviously don't know anything about intelligence work, lady. It's an X-K-Red-27 technique.
WendyMy father was in the Secret Service, Mr. Manfredjinsinjin, and I know perfectly well that you don't keep the general public informed when you are "debriefing KGB defectors in a safe house."
OttoI love robbing the English, they're so polite.
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[after steamrollering Otto]
Ken"K-k-k-k-Ken." You bastard. Hey, I've lost my stutter. It's gone. I can speak. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
WendyYour father has finally gone completely mental.
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OttoWhat is this? "Hump a Limey" week, suddenly? Otto doesn't approve. Otto might get jealous.
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WendyI have never been so humiliated in my life. You can stick this marriage right in your bottom!
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OttoI'm here because I'm bored. Bored hanging around this God-awful city. Shoving George's ugly pic... Talking to a lot of snotty, stuck up, intellectual British faggots. Jesus they're uptight they get rigor mortis in the prime of life in this country, standing there with their hair clenched.
Otto[finds a letter from Archie to Wanda]Just, counting the seconds to the weekends so they can all dress up like ballerinas and whip themselves into a frenzy at the flat at 4. 2B St.
Otto[recovering]To be honest I hate them. I mean pretending they're so fucking lawyer.
Otto[recovering again]superior, so fucking superior with those phony accents.
Otto[Ken peeks in the room]Not you Ken, you have a beautiful speaking voice... when it works.
Title Card[Epilogue: Archie and Wanda move to Rio, have 17 kids, and fund a leper colony. Ken becomes Master of Ceremonies at London Sea World. Otto emigrates to South Africa and becomes Minister of Justice]
ArchieI am Italian! Sono italiano in spirito. Ma ho sposato una donna che preferisce lavorare in giardino a fare l'amore appassionato. Uno sbaglio grande! But it's such an ugly language. How about... Russian?
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Otto[to Ken about Mrs Coady]What does he want you to do? Send her flowers? Do her shopping? Show her a good time? Rub her out? Rub her out?
OttoThe English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
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[Archie is caught naked by a family. He stands there, mouth agape. Then he catches the gaze of the little girl, who sees his privates. He quickly covers them with a portrait of Mrs. Johnson, which offends the family even more]
Archie LeachYou're in the wrong flat. This flat belongs to Patrick Balfour, he's in Hong Kong and he lent me the key, now get out!
Mr. JohnsonWe leased it from the agents last weekend.
[Embarrassed silence from Archie]
Archie LeachYes, well, obviously that, uh, changes things a bit. Um...
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OttoWell, Ken, I'm going to ask you some questions, while I eat my chips. First: Who was the philosopher who developed the concept of the superman in Also sprach Zarathustra?
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OttoNo? That's a chip up the nose, I'm afraid. Friedrich Nietzsche. Next: In which book did Nietzsche claim that almost all higher culture is based on cruelty?
[Otto has just tried to woo Wanda by speaking mock Italian, she tells him to make the call to get rid of George, he does, but he continues speaking with an Italian accent]
Otto[Italian accent]Ah, yes, I wonder if you could put me through to the police, per favor.
WendyI spend the morning *trying* to get a waste disposal man to come. Have lunch with Marjorie Brooks, who takes up the entirety complaining about her husband. Then I have to play three rubbers with Philippa Hunter. And I come back here and Sandersons have sent the wrong flowers.
Wanda[to Otto]You have just assaulted the one man who can keep you out of jail and make you rich. So what are you going to do about it, huh? What would an intellectual do? What would Plato do?
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OttoI've got a little time before my plane leaves and I'm longing to humiliate you.
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OttoYou English! You think you're so superior, don't you? Well, you're the filth of the planet. A bunch of pompous, badly-dressed, poverty-stricken, sexually repressed, football hooligans. Goodbye, Archie.
ArchieWell, at least we're not irretrievably vulgar.
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OttoIt's K-K-Ken! C-c-coming to k-k-kill me. How are you going to c-c-catch me, K-K-Ken?
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ArchieSo, you robbed the jeweller's, turned one of your lovers over to the police, kept the other one to help you find the diamonds, and when he does, you commit perjury in high court. Right?
WandaCome on, Archie. Everybody does it in America.