Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

Nigel Stock: Rupert T. Waxflatter

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Quotes 

• Waxflatter : Elementary, my dear Holmes... elementary.

• [Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth are walking across the courtyard, when a voice causes them to look up] 

  Waxflatter : Holmes! Elizabeth! I think I have solved all of the problems!

  John Watson : [looking up]  Who's that?

  Elizabeth Hardy : My Uncle.

  Sherlock Holmes : Rupert T. Waxflatter. Retired schoolmaster, degrees in Chemistry and Biology, well versed in Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics. Author of 27 books.

  [Holmes walks on] 

  Elizabeth Hardy : And most people think he's a lunatic.

  [Elizabeth walks on] 

  John Watson : Why?

  [Waxflatter launches his flying machine] 

  John Watson : Oh, my God!

• [Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth help Waxflatter carry the wrecked flying machine up the stairs to the attic] 

  Waxflatter : Let me see, that makes six! Six failed attemps. Nevertheless, we shall not be defeated. We shall conquer. I have made up my mind. The conquest of the skies is well within my grasp!

  John Waston : [to Elizabeth]  He's done this six times!

• [Waxflatter's dying words] 

  Waxflatter : Ehtar... Ehtar. Ehtar, Holmes. Ehtar.

• [Waxflatter has crashed his flying machine into a tree] 

  Waxflatter : [looking around]  A very hopeful sign. Very hopeful!