I smell anintrigue: An intrigue between the Arab Bureau and a junior officer of my staff! Avery junior officer, an -insubordinate junior officer, an officer who, so far as I can gather, has proved markedly incompetent in a very junior post!
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
MURRAY
A screenplay character in Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
- lines
- 23
- words
- 349
- scenes
- 2
- dialogue
- 4.6%
- avg words / line
- 15
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 76
source review flagged 2 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
I'm aware of that. He's made application for a posting to Arabia once a month ever since he got here. Very well then, the Arab Bureau comes along and says, " we want an Intelligence man in Arabia. We want you to second us a man in Arabia. We think it should be Mr. Lawrence." It's an intrigue, Dryden, and I don't propose to let an over-weening, finicking, crass Lieutenant thumb his nose at his General
scene 7, source scene 8 — INT. GENERAL MURRAY'S OFFICE ~~ CAIROSend him in.
scene 7, source scene 8 — INT. GENERAL MURRAY'S OFFICE ~~ CAIROAnd the Turks made mincemeat of them.
scene 7, source scene 8 — INT. GENERAL MURRAY'S OFFICE ~~ CAIROI can't make out whether you're bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted.
scene 7, source scene 8 — INT. GENERAL MURRAY'S OFFICE ~~ CAIRO:+, you can have him for six weeks.
scene 7, source scene 8 — INT. GENERAL MURRAY'S OFFICE ~~ CAIRO
Bookends
Oh, how can I fight a bloody war without bloody artillery?