Chief Insp. Hubbard [Detective Pearson is about to leave with Mrs. Wendice's small purse around his wrist]
Oh, wait a minute, you clot; you can't walk down the street like that - you, you'll be arrested!
Played by John Williams 
Dial M for Murder (1954) · 18 quotes
Dial M for Murder (1954) · 18 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Dial M for Murder (1954): in 8 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Mark Halliday (2)
They talk about flat-footed policemen. May the saints protect us from the gifted amateur.
More lines from Chief Insp. Hubbard
2 quotes Chief Insp. Hubbard Chief Insp. Hubbard Mind you, even I didn't guess that at once... extraordinary.
Scenes with Chief Insp. Hubbard
5 scenes
Margot Mary Wendice
How long have you known this?
Chief Insp. Hubbard Did you suspect it yourself?
Margot Mary Wendice
No, never. And yet... What's the matter with me, Mark? I don't seem able to feel anything.
Chief Insp. Hubbard Sooner or later, he'll come back here. As I've pinched his latch key, he'll try the one in the handbag. When that doesn't fit, he'll realize his mistake, put two and two together, and look under the stair carpet.
If he doesn't do that, all of this is pure guess work. We can't prove a thing.
Chief Insp. Hubbard That's perfectly true. But once he opens that door, we shall know everything.
Margot Mary Wendice
Anyone would have realized he was dead. Just one look at those staring eyes...
Chief Insp. Hubbard So you did see his face, after all.
Margot Mary Wendice
I saw his eyes! I can't remember his face!
Margot Mary Wendice
Why did you bring me here?
Chief Insp. Hubbard Because you were the only other person who could possibly have left that key outside. I had to find out if you knew it was there.
Margot Mary Wendice
Suppose I had known?
Chief Insp. Hubbard You didn't.
When did you find out, sir?
Chief Insp. Hubbard Well, the first clue came quite by accident. [to Margot] We discovered that your husband had been spending a large number of pound notes all over the place - it ran into over three hundred pounds - and it appeared to have started at about the time you were arrested. Now, I had to find out where he got that money, and how. Then I remembered that after you were arrested we searched this flat, and I saw a copy of his bank statement in that desk. So yesterday afternoon, I went to the prison and asked to see your handbag. While I was doing this, I managed to lift your latchkey. Highly irregular, of course, but my blood was up. And then this morning when your husband was out, I came back here to look at his statement. I never saw it... because I never got through that door. You see, the key that I'd taken from your handbag didn't fit the lock!
