Frenzy (1972)
Michael Bates: Sergeant Spearman
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Quotes
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Sergeant Spearman : Good morning, Mr. Rusk.
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Chief Inspector Oxford : Sergeant, my wife is currently taking a course at the Continental School of Gourmet Cooking. Apparently, they've never heard of the principal to eat well in this country, one must have breakfast three times a day. And an English breakfast at that. I don't mean your café complet.
Sergeant Spearman : Beg pardon, sir?
Chief Inspector Oxford : It's a cup of coffee, half an inch deep, in floating bits of boiled milk, and a sweet bun full of air. That's what I had this morning.
Sergeant Spearman : I see what you mean, sir. I'm a - Quaker Oats man, myself.
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Sergeant Spearman : I've never run into any of these jokers before, sir. What are they like?
Chief Inspector Oxford : Oh, they vary, but not a lot. The important thing to remember is they hate women and are mostly impotent.
Sergeant Spearman : Impotent?
Chief Inspector Oxford : Don't mistake rape for potency, Sergeant. In the latter stage of the disease, it's the strangling, not the sex, that brings them on. Above all, of course, they're sadists.
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Chief Inspector Oxford : Sergeant Spearman, you are positively glutinous with self-approbation. You might as well speak out.
Sergeant Spearman : Yes sir! The woman behind the counter at the cafe positively identified Rusk from a photo I showed her as being the man who called at the cafe the night the body was discovered. And that's not all!
[dramatically raising his index finger for emphasis]
Chief Inspector Oxford : Well, what are you waiting for, Sergeant, a roll of drums?
