“I see here some foolish ones fidgeting and wondering why the guards do not remove me from the floor. Save your energy, for the guards cannot touch me. Nor can you so much as rise from your seats to lay hands on me. Try it, if you do not believe me.”

The Amazing Mr. Lutterworth (1958)

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British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician 1921–2001

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