The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

Michael Caine: Noel Holcroft

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Quotes 

• Noel Holcroft : May I suggest, that it is extremely difficult for a man, in a gray flannel suit, to behave naturally, while riding on a horse in the middle of the night, waiting for someone to shoot at you!

• 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!

• [He spots a car tailing them] 

  Noel Holcroft : Probably just another Sunday driver. But on the other hand, as it is Tuesday, why don't you put your foot on the gas and see what happens.

• Helden : 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 than I do now. So any precautions you want to take are OK with me!

• Noel Holcroft : [after one man is stabbed, another shot, a a third brushes past him with a bloody hand]  What happened?

  Manfredi : The world is full of lunatics shooting each other in the streets.

• 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!

• Noel Holcroft : 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.