The Goose Steps Out (1942)

Will Hay: William Potts, Muller

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Quotes 

• William Potts : It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Goebbels.

• Nazi inspector on train : Born in Hamburg, 1891?

  William Potts : [as Muller]  Yah!

  Nazi inspector on train : Oh, was your father also a Hamburger?

  William Potts : No, a Frankfurter.

• William Potts : [after Rudolph Muller reams him out in German]  Blimey! Hear what he's calling me? Said I got a face like a half-baked Wiener Schnitzel. Blimey, look at him. He's no oil painting, is he?

• Rector : You are late, Herr Muller. Berlin informed me that you were reporting for duty yesterday.

  William Potts : Well, yes, I'm sorry, Herr Rector, but uh, you see, the plane, er, uh uh, the train, through Spain, stopped again and again and again.

  [Mimicking the verse of the song Eliza Doolittle sang for voice training in "My Fair Lady"] 

• Prof. Hoffman : I'm sure the British people are longing for the day when our beloved Führer will set foot in Britain to liberate them.

  William Potts : Oh, yes, you bet they are.

  Prof. Hoffman : Yeah, they will give him a warm welcome, you think?

  William Potts : Uh, the warmest he's ever had in his life.

  Prof. Hoffman : Splendid, splendid!