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Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)

Denis Lawson: Gordon Urquhart

Local Hero

Denis Lawson credited as playing...

Gordon Urquhart

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  • [approaching Ben's beach shanty]
  • Victor: Where's the door here?
  • Urquhart: There is no door. Just knock on the window.
  • Mac: Jesus, how do you do business with someone who doesn't have a door?
  • Victor: The ethics are just the same.
  • Urquhart: [acting as bartender] I want you to try this Scotch. It's 42 years old.
  • Mac: Old enough to be out on its own.
  • Mac: [not realizing that the innkeeper is Urquhart] We have to talk to a Mr Urquhart, an accountant. Can you tell me where we might find him?
  • Urquhart: Indeed, yes. He has an office next door, to the left, on the first floor. I know for a fact that he'll be there in about 15 minutes.
  • Urquhart: [to Stella, imitating Mac] We have an injured rabbit also.
  • Urquhart: [regarding the eaten rabbit] Is it worthwhile calling the vet, Stella?
  • Stella: Don't be a clown, Gordon.
  • Victor: How are things? I heard about the ceilidh.
  • Urquhart: Oh, we've lots to tell you. We've been invaded by America. We're all gonna be rich.
  • Victor: Really?
  • Urquhart: We won't have anywhere to call home, but we'll be stinkin' rich.
  • Urquhart: I'll get the food.
  • Victor: Bring some brandy back with you Gordon, I'm dying.
  • Urquhart: How's the casserole de lapin?
  • Mac: Excellent.
  • Urquhart: Terrific. Thank you.
  • Oldsen: [thinking a moment] Lapin? That's rabbit.
  • Mac: Is this my rabbit?
  • Oldsen: Harry!
  • Mac: Trudy!
  • Urquhart: We don't allow animals in the bedrooms, I should have told you sooner.
  • Urquhart: [bouncing on his bed] Oh boy, are we going to be rich!
  • Urquhart: [looks first at Ben walking home and then looks at the crowd staring at him] Let's walk him home.
  • Mac: [both men are drunk] Would you leave Stella here with me?
  • Urquhart: Sure I will.
  • Mac: You're a good guy, Gordon.
  • Urquhart: We have to be talkin' about millions.
  • Mac: Maybe.
  • Urquhart: What kind of millions do you reckon we're talkin' about?
  • Mac: We'll have to talk about that.
  • Urquhart: You never mentioned comets before, MacIntyre. That's a whole new area of negotiation.
  • Mac: Jesus, look. Holy cow! Jesus!
  • Urquhart: Calm down, Mac. It's just a meteor shower.
  • Urquhart: There's Victor's song.
  • Victor: [singing] Guess that I was born to be a rover, Guess I've always been a rolling stone, But someday when my roving days are over, I will found a place to call my own...
  • Urquhart: Go and see her, Mac.
  • Mac: You say toodle-oo for me, Gordon. And toodle-oo to you, too.
  • Mac: I have a proposition for you, Gordon. I know I may be a bit tipsy, but I want you to consider this seriously. Okay?
  • Urquhart: Okay.
  • Mac: Okay. I want to swap with you - everything. I want to stay here, run the hotel, do little bits of business. You can go to Houston. Take the Porsche, the house, the job. It's a good life there, Gordon. I pull down 80,000 a year, plus I have over 50,000 in mixed securities. I want you to have it all. There's nothing due on the car, it's pure ownership. And I won't let down your good name here, Gordon. I'll make a good Gordon, Gordon. What do you say, pal?
  • Urquhart: What about Stella?
  • Mac: I was coming to that.

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