The Cardinal:
Your masters are in a hurry, I fancy. People who are going to make heaven on earth usually are.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Hangman:
A difficult client can make things most distressing. Some of them tend to be very hysterical - so inconsiderate.
--Alec Guinness (as The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha) in Kind Hearts and Coronets
--Alec Guinness (as The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha) in Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Interrogator:
Afraid I'll slip you a truth drug?
The Cardinal: Surely it's a confession you're after; not the truth.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Cardinal: Surely it's a confession you're after; not the truth.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
Every living soul in that sleeping city down there could be broken, if they had to be. The softer the mind, the more sensitive the conscience, the more surely they must be broken. That's the fascination - and the pity of it.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
Have you forgiven yourself?
The Cardinal: Oh no. But I believe I shall be forgiven. He who will judge us, is He who made us.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Cardinal: Oh no. But I believe I shall be forgiven. He who will judge us, is He who made us.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
He was broken by a half-truth, a distorted truth. He was too humble. He believed it when I told him his whole life was built on pride. A proud man would have been more skeptical.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
I've trained you well. And I suppose, in time, you'll drive a brilliant mind to pray for madness.
The Secretary: It had to be done sir.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Secretary: It had to be done sir.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
We're up against a good man. He's got to show us where his weakness lies before we can use it - to destroy him. Meanwhile, we must wait
[sits down at his chessboard]
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
[sits down at his chessboard]
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
What have you done to me?
The Cardinal: That - from you?
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Cardinal: That - from you?
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Interrogator:
Who do you think you're dealing with? Some mad, sadistic moron in the Gestapo, who has power to play with flesh and blood for his own lust? I was a doctor, before ever I was a lawyer. Your body is sacred to me.
The Cardinal: No drugs... no torture... what can you hope for?
The Interrogator: Conversion. It's your mind we want.
The Cardinal: For the first time since I've come into your prison - I'm afraid.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
The Cardinal: No drugs... no torture... what can you hope for?
The Interrogator: Conversion. It's your mind we want.
The Cardinal: For the first time since I've come into your prison - I'm afraid.
--Alec Guinness (as The Cardinal) in The Prisoner
