A classic comment from Michael Caine in 1969 action comedy The Italian Job has been named the greatest one-liner in cinema history.

Movie fans say Caine's memorable pay-off, "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" is the top screen one-liner. Runner-up in the poll, organised by British mobile phone company Orange, was Clark Gable's character Rhett Butler's put-down from Gone With The Wind - "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

Top 10 Film lines in full are as follows:
1. "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" - The Italian Job

2. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" - Gone with the Wind

3. "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here and we want them now" - Withnail and I

4. "You talkin' to me?" - Taxi Driver

5. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" - Apocalypse Now

6. "I'll have what she's having" - When Harry met Sally

7. "All my life I wanted to be a gangster" - Goodfellas

8. "I do wish we could chat longer. But I'm having an old friend for dinner" - Silence of the Lambs

9. "Infamy, Infamy, they've all got it in for me" - Carry on Cleo

10. "He's not the Messiah - he's a very naughty boy" - Life of Brian.

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