“The Holcroft Covenant” quotes

“Mr. Holcroft, your father was a complicated man, and the word complicated doesn't begin to describe him.”
Michael Lonsdale - Ernst Manfredi

“You know what I think, don't you? I think I should get a gun. There are a lot of crazy people about, and they're all attracted to me.”

Sir Michael Caine - Noel Holcroft

“- Commander Leighton: You must go to Geneva, as scheduled. And you must face the bastard. When the Covenant is signed, I will kill him, of course. Or you can, if you like.
- Noel Holcroft: I like!”
Bernard Hepton - Commander Leighton
Sir Michael Caine - Noel Holcroft

“There's a lot of villainous characters lurking about. I'm glad to say that most of them are mine.”

Bernard Hepton - Commander Leighton

“- Helden von Tiebolt: Don't speak for a moment, just listen. These precautions may seem foolish to you, but they are necessary, I promise you!
- Noel Holcroft: Listen, lady, three days ago, I was forty stories in the air, over New York, in a gale force wind, hiding from an insane building contractor. Let me tell you something. I felt safer there...” (continue)(continue reading)

Victoria Tennant - Helden von Tiebolt
Sir Michael Caine - Noel Holcroft

“I have a friend who lives in the country, and it's supposed to be an hour from 42nd Street. A lie! The only thing that's an hour from 42nd Street is 43rd Street!”
Sir Michael Caine - Noel Holcroft