Loot (1970)

Milo O'Shea: Mr. McLeavy

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Quotes 

• Mr. Bateman : What's this?

  Mr. McLeavy : It's a cold collation, sir.

  Mr. Bateman : It's Monday. There's always steak and kidney pudding on Monday.

  Mr. McLeavy : Mrs McLeavy *died* this morning, sir.

  Mr. Bateman : Your staff problems are not *my* concern!

  Mr. McLeavy : Unfortunately she was unable to make a pudding before she went.

  Mr. Bateman : I hope this doesn't prove to be a permanent state of affairs.

  Mr. McLeavy : Well it is for *her*, sir.

• [Mrs McLeavy has just died] 

  Mr. McLeavy : I'm having her embalmed.

  Nurse Fay McMahon : Embalmed? Oh, I'm sure she'd enjoy that. She always used to love her make-up.

• Undertaker : Is this your first bereavement, Mr McLeavy?

  Mr. McLeavy : Yes it is.

  [the undertaker reaches into his pocket and pulls out a booklet] 

  Undertaker : [reciting mechanically]  May I recommend this little booklet. We find it particularly helpful to newcomers to these occasions. You will find therein words of comfort from various sources: the New Testament, the Old Testament, the Talmud and the Koran. Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

  Mr. McLeavy : My wife was a Protestant.

  Undertaker : It takes all sorts to make a world, sir. Yesterday we buried a vegetarian.

• [the hearse carrying Mrs McLeavy crashes and catches fire on the way to her burial] 

  Mr. McLeavy : Will some gallant soul save her from the flames? She had a mortal fear of being cremated.