Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series)
Scales of Justice (1994)
Patrick Malahide: Chief Inspector Alleyn
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Quotes
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Chief Inspector Alleyn : Sir Gerald?
Gerald Lacklander : What?
Chief Inspector Alleyn : [Referring to an earlier expression he used] Plain as a pike stuffed?
Gerald Lacklander : What?
Chief Inspector Alleyn : The identity of the Colonel's killer?
Gerald Lacklander : [Impatient and annoyed] That disgusting little sewer rat Phinn! Use thumbscrews! Of course, he'll talk!
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Gerald Lacklander : What? My entire damn warddrobe?
Chief Inspector Alleyn : No, just what you were wearing... what everyone was wearing when the colonel was murdered.
Lady Lacklander : I can't think of anything more disgusting than peering over other people's mucky clothes, but if that's what you wan't. that's what you'll get.
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Chief Inspector Alleyn : But they're all holding something back.
Inspector Fox : Yes, and this Lady L's keepin' mum about her private chat with the Colonel, and Sir Gerald
[laughs]
Inspector Fox : ... why he looks as though he's got a ferret down his trouser...
[laughs again]
Chief Inspector Alleyn : [Tongue in cheek] I don't think Sir Gerald would notice if he had a ferret in his trousers.