Dempsey and Makepeace (TV Series)
Set a Thief (1985)
Michael Brandon: Dempsey
Quotes
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Photographer : Look, if you had to listen to half the crap some of these chicks come out with, you'd be foaming at the mouth within a week.
Lt. James Dempsey : [Dempsey is taking photographs of a model on a motorcycle] Yeah, life is hard, then you die.
Photographer : Pardon?
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Lt. James Dempsey : Everybody should read the New York Times.
Det. Sgt. Harry Makepeace : But as you're living in London, I really think you ought to read an Evening Standard occasionally.
Lt. James Dempsey : The Evening Standard is not a paper, it's a postage stamp.
Det. Sgt. Harry Makepeace : Well if you want something big enough to sleep under, at least buy the London Times.
Lt. James Dempsey : I'll tell you what, I'll get two copies, and we can head for the park, huh?
[wraps his American newspaper around Makepeace]
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Lt. James Dempsey : [having been dropped off by Makepeace in the middle of Albert bridge] You're all heart, Harry. It's made of steal.
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Det. Sgt. Harry Makepeace : [Dempsey and Makepeace enter a ransacked house] Hm. Looks just like your place.
Lt. James Dempsey : After the maid came.
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Lt. James Dempsey : [about Spikings] Betya that guy plays a mean game of poker.
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Lt. James Dempsey : [waiting for Davis to make a move] How do you feel about traffic duty right now?
Det. Sgt. Harry Makepeace : Yeah, the hours are good.
Lt. James Dempsey : I like the little white gloves.