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"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" quotes

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie poster
An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.

Director: Ronald Neame
Writer: Muriel Spark, Jay Presson Allen
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, drama, romance
Year: 1969
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.6
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 25 Feb 1969
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 10 nominations total

41 Clips

Miss MackayMonicaSandyJean Brodieseveral charactersGordon LowtherMary McGregorTeddy LloydJennyMiss KerrEmily Carstairs
I'm always impressed by Miss Brodie's girls - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:17 I'm always impressed by Miss Brodie's girls Culture is no compensation for lack of hard knowledge - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:13 Culture is no compensation for lack of hard knowledge She makes history seem like the cinema - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:09 She makes history seem like the cinema Assassin - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:09 Assassin Mary McGregor - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:04 Mary McGregor I do not want to be your lover - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:11 I do not want to be your lover There's Miss Brodie - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:07 There's Miss Brodie I am truly in my prime - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:08 I am truly in my prime I saw them k k kissing - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:09 I saw them k k kissing Violetta was a thoroughly silly woman with diseased lungs - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:06 Violetta was a thoroughly silly woman with diseased lungs The dangerous Miss Brodie - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:11 The dangerous Miss Brodie Miss Brodie never got married like our mothers and fathers - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:15 Miss Brodie never got married like our mothers and fathers The French have a genius for food - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:15 The French have a genius for food It was you who betrayed me - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:16 It was you who betrayed me You're a clever little cat - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:08 You're a clever little cat What do you want me to do ravish you on the floor - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:14 What do you want me to do ravish you on the floor Safety does not come first - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:13 Safety does not come first Please try to do as I say and not as I do - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:17 Please try to do as I say and not as I do That is incorrect - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 01:11 That is incorrect What are your interests - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:19 What are your interests I'm not sure about God - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:15 I'm not sure about God Surely you cannot believe that this is the work of nine year olds - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:13 Surely you cannot believe that this is the work of nine year... Do us a cartwheel for comic relief - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:08 Do us a cartwheel for comic relief She always looks so extreme - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:15 She always looks so extreme Six inches is perfectly adequate - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:05 Six inches is perfectly adequate My church understands human imperfection and forgives it - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:16 My church understands human imperfection and forgives it Such serviceable flowers - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:14 Such serviceable flowers Deep in most of us is a potential for greatness - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:15 Deep in most of us is a potential for greatness I do not intend to devote my prime to petrification - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:23 I do not intend to devote my prime to petrification I am a teacher first last always - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:05 I am a teacher first last always There's no contradiction in being both ridiculous and magnificent - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:07 There's no contradiction in being both ridiculous and... The truth is that you bounced into bed with an artist - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:09 The truth is that you bounced into bed with an artist But coward is not one of them - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:13 But coward is not one of them There's very little for me to say - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 01:13 There's very little for me to say Dear Miss Brodie - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:26 Dear Miss Brodie I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:39 I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders Would you like to tell us something about yourself - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:22 Would you like to tell us something about yourself You should have married old Lowther - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:35 You should have married old Lowther Since you were first appointed headmistress of Marcia Blain - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:36 Since you were first appointed headmistress of Marcia Blain It was you who betrayed me - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 00:17 It was you who betrayed me

Cast

Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith
Teddy Lloyd - Robert Stephens
Sandy - Pamela Franklin
Gordon Lowther - Gordon Jackson
Miss Mackay - Celia Johnson
All Cast