Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

John Colicos: Cromwell

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• [first lines] 

  King Henry VIII : What is the verdict?

  Thomas Cromwell : Guilty - Your Grace.

  King Henry VIII : All of them?

  Thomas Cromwell : Guilty.

• Thomas Cromwell : Cardinal Wolsey, through skilful manipulation, has seen to it that the monasteries of England are richer than the goldmines of the New World. If, as you should be, you become Head of the Church, those riches are yours.

  King Henry VIII : You're a man without scruple, lawyer.

  Thomas Cromwell : Entirely without scruple. I learned my trade under Cardinal Wolsey, Your Grace.

• Thomas Cromwell : We used the incest excuse last time. We can't make a habit of it.

• Thomas Cromwell : I care only that the King rules absolutely. The Queen despised her marriage and indulged her carnal lust.

  King Henry VIII : Betrayed me? Did she, Cromwell? Did she?

  Thomas Cromwell : Your Grace, the Queen betrayed you and stands condemned. The warrant is before you.

  King Henry VIII : If she betrayed me, she must die. If I am to rule, keep my sanity, and hold England off the rocks, and as you say, God would not allow me to condemn unjustly. If I question that, I question my whole life and all I've done. At times, I do question it.

• Thomas Cromwell : She almost reigns. She entirely rules. And I believe gives - nothing for it. She could prove powerful.

  Cardinal Wolsey : Thomas, this is a man's world. The seat of power does not lie between a woman's legs.

• Thomas Cromwell : Every man to the devil his own way.