Dempsey and Makepeace (TV Series)

Cry God for Harry (1985)

Michael Brandon: Dempsey

Quotes 

• Dempsey : I would have been a knight in shining armour.

  Makepeace : You would have been shining armour at night.

  Dempsey : Touché.

• Prunella : How do you feel about the Chinese, Mr. Dempsey?

  Dempsey : [thinks for a moment]  Prawn balls give me indigestion.

• Makepeace : Naismith's talking to Frances Trafford.

  Dempsey : Naismith does a lot of talking. Keep your ear to the door

  Makepeace : I know every sound in this house. Every creak in every floorboard. Anybody moves, I'll know.

  Dempsey : Oh, that's great.

  Makepeace : I may not be jungle trained, but I do have ears.

• Makepeace : Now just a moment, Dempsey, I resent the way you're ordering me around in my own house. This is my territory.

  Dempsey : What are you hollering, you'll wake up the whole castle!

• Arnold Sims : My wife's at home in the water, Dempsey. Do you, eh, do you care to join her?

  Dempsey : No, I'm safer on old Terra Firma. The more firma the less terra.

• Dempsey : I guess you're just gonna have to come to terms with it.

  Makepeace : With what?

  Dempsey : No longer being a wealthy heiress.

  [pause] 

  Dempsey : You'll always have something to look forward to...

  Makepeace : Like what?

  Dempsey : You're policewoman's pension.