“Rough Cut” quotes

“- Gillian Bromley: That was the worst Peter Sellers I have ever heard.
- Jack Rhodes: I wasn't doing Peter Sellers - I was doing Peter Sellers doing Omar Sharif!”

Lesley-Anne Down - Gillian Bromley
Burt Reynolds - Jack Rhodes

- Jack Rhodes: How much do you want for the diamonds?
- Chief Insp. Cyril Willis: Well, um... Would you think that one million dollars is fair?
- Jack Rhodes: No, I don't think one million dollars is fair. I think three million dollars is fair.
- Chief Insp. Cyril Willis: Well, let me say this: I prefer your definition of "fair".
Burt Reynolds - Jack Rhodes
David Niven - Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

“- Gillian Bromley: It doesn't trouble you that blackmail is, in fact, against the law?
- Chief Insp. Cyril Willis: Policemen are constantly breaking the law. It's one of the many ways we have of upholding it.”
Lesley-Anne Down - Gillian Bromley
David Niven - Chief Insp. Cyril Willis

“- Gillian Bromley: You can't be serious!
- Jack Rhodes: Why, I've never been more serious in my life.
- Gillian Bromley: Why are you imitating Tony Curtis?
- Jack Rhodes: I'm not imitating Tony Curtis, I'm imitating Cary Grant.
- Gillian Bromley: You're doing Tony Curtis doing Cary Grant...
- Jack Rhodes: Oh...
- Gillian Bromley: Cary Grant...” (continue)(continue reading)

Lesley-Anne Down - Gillian Bromley
Burt Reynolds - Jack Rhodes

“- Chief Insp. Cyril Willis: Of all the crimes of which man is capable, the one that really rankles me is the violation of property. Oh, there's your murder, of course - rape, kidnap, wife beating...
- Mrs. Willis: Don't be ridiculous.
- Chief Insp. Cyril Willis: But life - however precious, life perishes. It's only property that lives on and on....” (continue)(continue reading)
David Niven - Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Isabel Dean - Mrs. Willis

“- Jack Rhodes: I've got a job. Diamonds. A million dollars.
- Ferguson: What'a my share?
- Jack Rhodes: That is your share.
- Ferguson: I'm misbehavin'...”

Burt Reynolds - Jack Rhodes
Al Matthews - Ferguson

Where you will be going, they have the oddest notions of hospitality. First, they shave your head. Then, they delouse you, feed you with something a ravenous crocodile would pass up, then, lock you up for the night with unfriendly lesbiancompanions - and you have your own "private" little chamber pot under the bed. Oh, it is very unpleasant, I... (continue)(continue reading)

David Niven - Chief Insp. Cyril Willis