Murder! (1930)

Edward Chapman: Ted Markham

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• Police Inspector : Say, which of the two women is this? Mrs. Trewitt?

  Ted Markham : [laughs]  I'm afraid you're unlucky this time, Inspector. This is Handel Fane - a hundred per cent he-woman. Mr. Fane's our leading man.

  Handel Fane : [walking off stage in drag]  I assure you, Inspector, I'm not the other woman in this case.

• Police Inspector : Was he popular with the ladies?

  Doucie Markham : Who would that be, Stewart? He was a bit too popular if you ask me. Blazes, you could call her a lady!

  Ted Markham : Doucie, Doucie, remember, she's only just dead.

  Doucie Markham : All right, all right. I never heard yet that tellin' the truth was a disgrace.

• Ted Markham : Yes, that's him, all right. Dressed up as a woman, eh? He always was good at that.

  Sir John Menier : An extremely clever way of hiding.

• Sir John Menier : Markham, I have an idea. Do you know your Hamlet?

  Ted Markham : Every line of it, sir.

  Sir John Menier : Then let me suggest for your consideration, the series of events embodied in Act 3, Scene 2.

  Ted Markham : That's the play scene, isn't it?

  Sir John Menier : Yes - the play scene. Do you remember the title, "The Mousetrap"? Well, when he comes to my flat it will be the part I shall offer him. They'll be 3 of us: 2 cats to 1 mouse.

  Ted Markham : Yes, but, what about the cheese, sir?