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Rock Hudson and Margaret Markov in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Telly Savalas: Surcher

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Telly Savalas credited as playing...

Surcher

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  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: I think Jill - fooled a lot of people. Not particularly intelligent. IQ 103. She seemed more intelligent because she adapted so well to high school level activities.
  • Surcher: Quite beautiful, though.
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: Yes, extraordinary figure, excellent dancer, baton twirler.
  • Hilda: Was she raped, Captain?
  • Surcher: Well, if you don't mind, I'll ask the questions.
  • Hilda: I'm surprised that embarrasses you. Well, isn't sex involved in many of the crimes you investigate?
  • Surcher: I understand that you've - turned down a oouple of offers to teach at universities.
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: Because I believe that this is - as they say - "where it's at."
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: It must be, eh, very difficult to be a single, female teacher.
  • Surcher: Well, yes, I - I think at times we could even - it's almost painful.
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: Which makes me wonder, if you can handle something I had in mind.
  • Surcher: Oh, yes! I mean, I - I'll certainly try to handle anything you might throw at me - as it were.
  • Pamela: Well, it's hard to answer. "Has anyone made any unnatural, sexual advances toward me?"
  • Proffer: Perhaps if the Captain were to rephrase the question, Pamela?
  • Pamela: No, I think I understand the question. I don't understand the word "unnatural" in this context, sir.
  • Surcher: Well, I'm having to ask all the girls.
  • Pamela: The thing is, if a boy didn't make sexual advances toward me, I think that would be pretty unnatural.
  • Surcher: Let me make my position very, very clear. Nobody but nobody's gonna get away with murder. But, the last person I'd want to it to be is one of the black students. It just opens up that question of police prejudice.
  • Surcher: I was talking over some of your ideas with my two sons. And they told me to give you a message: "Right on, man. Right on."
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: Look, Jim, all you have to try to do is make sense out of the written word. What's the author trying to say? Look.
  • [reading]
  • Michael 'Tiger' McDrew: "Why would you have me tie myself down for the first woman who comes along. Give up the world for her and never - look at anyone else. You see. What a fine thing that would be to me: tricked into fidelity, to bury yourself into one passion forever, and to be blind from your youth on to all the other - beauties - who might catch your eye. "
  • Surcher: [watching in the background] What's he reading?
  • Sheryl: Molière's "Don Juan". We're doing it for Thanksgiving.
  • Surcher: Pick up McDrew for questioning.
  • Follo: Sam.
  • Surcher: And besides that, I want every young broad he's had in there recently for a lie detector session.
  • Surcher: It's time to blow the whistle on the swinger.

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