House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Julie Peasgood: Mary Norton
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Quotes
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Mary Norton : Mr. Magee, you're in terrible danger, you must leave here immediately.
Kenneth Magee : How come you know my name? And why the mask?
Mary Norton : Don't ask me to explain! Please, I beg you, just come away with me now, before it's too late.
Kenneth Magee : [laughs] Hold on, I'm not going anywhere. I've got $20,000 resting on tonight.
Mary Norton : But you don't understand.
Kenneth Magee : You're damn right I don't. Now, either you tell me what's going on or you pack up your mask and go back to where you came from. What was all that business at the railway station? How come you followed me all the way down here?
Mary Norton : I had no choice, I was going to warn you at the station but, *they* saw me. That's why I had to get out fast.
Kenneth Magee : Okay, first thing's first, who are you?
Mary Norton : Katherine, Katherine DeCorseaut.
[runs to the window]
Mary Norton : I think I saw one of them outside. We must go now! If they find us together, they'll kill us both!
Kenneth Magee : Hold it. Lady, I'm losing valuable time and I should be working.
Mary Norton : Mr. Magee, have you ever heard of an organization called O.P.I.T.? Organization for the Promotion of International Terrorism.
Kenneth Magee : Sounds like something out of a James Bond movie.
Mary Norton : They're very real, I assure you.
Kenneth Magee : And you're an undercover agent, that's why you run around wearing little old lady masks.
Mary Norton : I'm serious, deadly serious!
Kenneth Magee : And I suppose that the old couple downstairs aren't humble caretakers but trained assassins, is that it? Look, Miss DeCorseaut, is that it? I don't know who put you up to this, but I'm afraid the whole mistaken identity plot's been too overworked to be convincing any longer. I saw North by Northwest too.
Mary Norton : But you are in TERRIBLE danger, you could lose your life.
Kenneth Magee : Worse, I could lose $20,000.
