Value for Money (1955)

Hal Osmond: Mr. Hall

Quotes 

• [at the mill, before Broadbent's funeral, the employees are speculating on the size of his estate] 

  Mr. Hall : How much d'you think he's left?

  Duke Popplewell : Well, if he'd been in shoddy, I should have said about...

  Duke Popplewell : [whispers, confidentially]  ... a hundred and fifty thousand.

  Duke Popplewell : But seeing as how he were only a rag merchant...

  Duke Popplewell : [whispers, confidentially]  ... not more than forty thousand.

  Mr. Hall : Get away with you! I bet it's not a penny less than...

  Mr. Hall : [whispers, confidentially]  fifty thousand.

  Duke Popplewell : No, never!

  Mr. Hall : Eh, Limpy?

  Limpy : I'm with the family. I'm not saying anything. But...

  [Limpy checks that he can't be overheard] 

  Limpy : ...I'll wager young Chayley'll double it before his turn comes to lie there.