Leighton Quotes in The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

[After Holcroft tries to attack him.]

Leighton: But please, do not attempt anything too vividly cinematic.

Leighton: You must go to Geneva, as scheduled. And you must face the bastard. When the Covenant is signed, I will kill him, of course. Or you can, if you like.

Noel Holcroft: I like!

Leighton: Oh, dear, oh, dear. Assumption, Mr. Holcroft, is, as they say in my profession, the mother of fuck-up.

Leighton: Naughty, naughty, Mr. Holcroft. You mustn't speak to strangers. Could be harmful to the health.

Leighton: There's a lot of villainous characters lurking about. I'm glad to say that most of them are mine.