Harry O (TV Series)
Material Witness (1974)
David Janssen: Harry Orwell
Quotes
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Harry Orwell : You wanna tell me if this is a paying job or if I'm doing a favor for the department?
Capt. Pete Jaklin : Why?
Harry Orwell : I can always say "no" to a job.
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Harry Orwell : What kind of doctor are you?
Dr. Noelle Kira : Ear, nose and throat. What kind of cop are you?
Harry Orwell : Foot, knee and elbow.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : What's your first name, Mr. Orwell?
Harry Orwell : Harry, after the bar.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : I have no intention of spending the entire afternoon in some cheap motel room discussing bowling averages with a bored policeman who'd prefer to be at home with his wife watching television. No offense, Mr. Elwell.
Harry Orwell : Orwell. Like in 1984.
Dr. Noelle Kira : Excuse me. Orwell.
Harry Orwell : And I'm not married. And excuse me.
[Looks at the special prosecutor]
Harry Orwell : And pardon me.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : You know, I don't know anything about you.
Harry Orwell : Me? I'm easy. I try to say "yes" more than I say "no." I take vitamin C in the morning. And I still like more people than I don't.
Dr. Noelle Kira : And you try not to get too serious when the subject is you.
Harry Orwell : You're wrong. I'm very serious. Especially about me.
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Harry Orwell : [voiceover] Someone once said that a life which doesn't go into action is a failure. By that standard, Noelle won the Grand Standard and the Kentucky Derby when she fired the shot that saved our lives. She came through for me. And I think she came through for herself, too. The loneliest and most courageous moment of all is gonna be finding out ultimately we're all responsible for ourselves. When you come close to death you tend to think a lot about the heavy stuff. Y'know, about how little you've seen or done, or how swift a footrace really is to the big bottom line in the sky. And naturally, you think about the person who gave it all back to you. Let's face it, Harry, having an ear, nose and throat specialist save your neck isn't exactly an everyday event.
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Capt. Pete Jaklin : Man, when you take a job, you take a job.
Harry Orwell : When I take a job, I take a job!
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Dr. Noelle Kira : Harry, I'm sorry about before.
Harry Orwell : Forget it.
Dr. Noelle Kira : I just thought you were playing cops and robbers.
Harry Orwell : I was. And I am.
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Harry Orwell : And if I was married, I wouldn't spend my afternoons watching television.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : You don't seem to understand, Mr. Orwell, I'm not afraid.
Harry Orwell : You don't seem to understand, Dr. Kira, I am. They find you, they find me.
Dr. Noelle Kira : You're saying that I might endanger your life?
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Dr. Noelle Kira : I resent having to give up my time to catch some cheap hoodlum. It's not my business.
Harry Orwell : Well, whose business is it?
Dr. Noelle Kira : Well, it's yours. People like you.
Harry Orwell : Oh, there's A-people and B-people, is that it?
Dr. Noelle Kira : That's not what I meant.
Harry Orwell : It's what it sounded like.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : Are you finished, Orwell?
Harry Orwell : We're back to last names again, huh? Well, I'll tell ya, Slim, just a couple more hours and you'll never see me again.
Dr. Noelle Kira : In a couple more hours I won't even remember your name.
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Harry Orwell : [cocking gun and taking aim] Make me believe you're not the filth I'm looking for.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : [Hitchhiking, and no cars will stop] Maybe you should do the old Claudette Colbert number?
Harry Orwell : I want to get us picked up, not arrested.
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Capt. Pete Jaklin : There's no use kidding ourselves. When you leave here with the doctor both of you are gonna be targets. And I want you armed.
Harry Orwell : I don't like guns.
Capt. Pete Jaklin : Well, that doesn't make any difference. You just pick one.
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Harry Orwell : Aren't you supposed to say it's only a flesh wound?
Dr. Noelle Kira : It's only a flesh wound.
Harry Orwell : And I'll live.
Dr. Noelle Kira : You'll live.
Harry Orwell : Not very talkative, are you?
Dr. Noelle Kira : When I have something to say I usually say it.
Harry Orwell : You don't think I noticed?
Dr. Noelle Kira : It's my first gun wound.
Harry Orwell : Welcome to the club.
Dr. Noelle Kira : You've been shot before?
Harry Orwell : Yeah, I've been shot before.
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Dr. Noelle Kira : You're no longer with the police, are you, Harry?
Harry Orwell : No, I'm retired, sort of.
Dr. Noelle Kira : Why?
[pause]
Dr. Noelle Kira : Why, Harry?
Harry Orwell : Huh? I got shot once too much.