have there been naked women in my establishment? Hancock: Of course there haven't. I can't afford thirty-bob an hour. I did that from memory. That is women as I see them. Mrs. Crevatte: Oh! ... You poor man! The abstract expressionist painting scene: Hancock: It's worth 2000 quid of anybody's money that is! A definition of Existentialism Josey: We only live in the present; there is no future. Why kill time when you can kill yourself? Upon seeing a young Clerk (a 'Reginald', he pejoratively conjectures), on the opposite railway carriage seat: If this train’s still running in 1980, he'll still be on it. As he takes his leave of the Paris Art World at his final exhibition: Hancock: Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now bid you all good day. I'm off! I know what I was cut out to do and I should have done it long ago. YOU'RE ALL RAVING MAD!! None of you know what you're looking at. You wait 'til I'm dead, you'll see I was right! Bibliography Brotchie, Alistair & Irvin, Magnus - Encomia for Anthony Hancock: the Rebel (London Institute of 'Pataphysics), 2002 () DVD release Using new high definition transfer the film was released on DVD in 2019 by Network Distributing Limited. Novelization Concurrent with the opening of the film, May Fair Books released a paperback novelization of the screenplay. By-lined "Alan Holmes" was a pseudonym for Piccadilly Western novelist Gordon Landsborough. References External links 1961 films 1961 comedy films British comedy films British satirical films Films shot at Associated British Studios Films about rebels Films directed by Robert Day Films based on television series Films about fictional painters Films about the visual arts 1960s satirical films Films set in London Films set in Paris 1960s English-language films 1960s British films