Straw Dogs Movie Quotes
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Amy Sumner
David, give Niles to them. That's what they want. They just want him. Give them Niles, David!
David Sumner
They'll beat him to death.
Amy Sumner
I don't care! Get him out!
David Sumner
You really don't care, do you?
Amy Sumner
No, I don't.
David Sumner
No. I care. This is where I live. This is me. I will not allow violence against this house.
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Reverend Barney Hood
Radiation. That's an unfortunate dispensation.
David Sumner
Surely is. Yes, indeed.
Reverend Barney Hood
As long as it's not another bomb.
[beat]
Reverend Barney Hood
You're a scientist - can you deny the responsibility?
David Sumner
Can you?
[beat]
David Sumner
After all, there's never been a kingdom given to so much bloodshed as that of Christ.
Reverend Barney Hood
[beat]
That's Montesquieu, isn't it?
David Sumner
Oh, really?
Louise Hood
Who's he?
Reverend Barney Hood
Somebody well worth reading.
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Reverend Barney Hood
And now for my next trick, the piece de resistance, I present to you an empty glass. I will now fill this glass with milk.
Chris Cawsey
Would it work better with whiskey, Vicar?
Reverend Barney Hood
Nothing works better with whiskey.
Tom Hedden
I do.
Reverend Barney Hood
You've never worked a day in your life, Tom.
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David Sumner
Jesus. I got 'em all!
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[singing in a bar]
Tom Hedden
Tom Hedden, Charlie Venner: Now some men goes for women, and some men goes for boys. But my love's warm and beautiful, and makes a baah-ing noise.
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Tom Hedden
I'll have an answer, or I'll have blood!
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David Sumner
Okay, you've had your fun. I'll give you one more chance, and if you don't clear out now, there'll be real trouble. I mean it.
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Tom Hedden
John Niles; come to me then.
John Niles
Is this for a drink then, Tom?
Tom Hedden
This is for the truth. Your brother; been hangin' around the girls again. You'd better keep a closer watch or we'll be puttin' him away!
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David Sumner
Why don't you grow up?
Amy Sumner
I'm trying to!
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David Sumner
You act like you're fourteen years old.
Amy Sumner
I am fourteen years old.
David Sumner
Wanna try for twelve?
[Amy obliges by chewing gum open-mouthed like a carefree little girl]
David Sumner
How about eight? I freak out for eight-year-olds.
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Amy Sumner
You're a coward.
Amy Sumner
Entire coward. Put plain and simple.
David Sumner
No, I'm not.
Amy Sumner
[through tears]
I don't blame you for hiding in your study.
[through sobs:]
Amy Sumner
But... I don't want to hide there with you.
[sniffles]
Amy Sumner
I... *I can't anymore!*
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David Sumner
I'm firing Venner and Scutt tomorrow.
Amy Sumner
Hooray for you, Tiger. What for?
David Sumner
Because they stuck it to me on the moor today.
Amy Sumner
They also serve who sit at home and wait.
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Amy Sumner
[still seething after discovery of her murdered cat]
Scutt... or Cawsey.
David Sumner
I've locked all the doors and windows downstairs. Let's keep them locked from now on. All right?
Amy Sumner
[angrily]
Great!
[David calmly prepares for bed]
Amy Sumner
Did you hear me?
David Sumner
Hmm?
Amy Sumner
*Scutt or Cawsey.*
David Sumner
Why?
Amy Sumner
To prove to you they could get into your bedroom!
[shakes his head]
Amy Sumner
[as she gets up from chair, tearfully:]
Well, who else is around all the time?
[climbs under covers]
David Sumner
The doors werent locked. I mean, it could have been anybody passing.
Amy Sumner
"Anybody passing"? David, a complete stranger comes into our house, decides to strangle our cat and hang her in the wardrobe! Somebody passing?
[David remains uncertain]
Amy Sumner
Cawsey... or Scutt?
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Riddaway
I didn't reckon on nobody getting killed, Norman.
Norman Scutt
Yeah, well, that's too bad. We're all in it now. Accessories, we are.
Charlie Venner
That's the law.
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Charlie Venner
Remember when I took care of you, Amy?
Amy Sumner
[sighs, shakes her head]
But you didn't. Remember?
Charlie Venner
There was once a time, Mrs. Sumner...
[he puts his hand around the back of her neck]
Charlie Venner
when you were ready to beg me for it.
Amy Sumner
Take your hands off me!
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Amy Sumner
You're a coward.
David Sumner
No, I'm not.
Amy Sumner
And I'm a coward, plain and simple.
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