Pendlebury I propagate British cultural depravity.
Played by Stanley Holloway 
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) · 11 quotes
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) · 11 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951): in 7 of its 11 quotes
Most scenes with: Henry Holland (3)
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these - it might have been.
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5 scenes Pendlebury Well, you might as well know. I was lying. I am a thief. It was madness to attempt it. We weren't cut out for crime, either of us.
Policeman
We?
Pendlebury My partner and I.
Sidewalk Vendor
Your partner? Here, if you're working with the fence who's got them other pictures...
Policeman
Shh! Carry on.
Pendlebury Oh I make no excuses. All my life it's been my ambition to surround myself with rare and beautiful things. Suddenly faced with this golden opportunity...
Sidewalk Vendor
Here, you call that picture of mine rare and beautiful?
Pendlebury Since you will keep on interrupting me, you ought to know it's a charming example of an early Rochet, while he was still under the influence of Corot.
Sidewalk Vendor
Oh yeah? How much is it worth?
Pendlebury Ten pound, to those who can afford it.
Sidewalk Vendor
Oh blimey. I've had it marked up for five bob.
Lackery Bellamy's? In Bromley?
Shorty That's right. Last June. Twelver.
Lackery I was casing that joint the night you got pinched.
Shorty Well, what do you know? Shorty Fisher.
Lackery Nice to meet you.
Pendlebury Excuse me, I may be a bit slow but do I understand that you two are, in fact, both professional criminals?
Shorty Well, what else do you take us for, ruddy snoopers?
Lackery What's the setup?
A minute later, the guard will appear around this corner, and you, Pendlebury, will detain him for at least half a minute. Ask him for a light, ask him the way, ask him anything, but keep him there, we must have those thirty seconds.
Pendlebury Edgar.
I beg your pardon?
Pendlebury Isn't one supposed to say that when one's being briefed? On my rare visits to the cinema...
The word is "roger."
Pendlebury Oh, roger. How silly of me.
Pendlebury Now it's all over, I suppose I may dare say it's been a most remarkable coup.
Shorty The biggest job of its kind since One-Eyed Dobson got away with the GIs' pay packets. Two million dollars, Grosvenor Square, 'forty-five.
That was before devaluation. And this is one million pounds.
Shorty Oh, that's right. Blimey. We've got the record!
Pendlebury By Jove, Holland, it's a good job we're both honest men.
It is indeed, Pendlebury.