Harry O (TV Series)

One for the Road (1975)

David Janssen: Harry Orwell

Quotes 

• Harry Orwell : My petty confrontation with Joe Becker may have been good for my ego but it was no help to Jennifer Roth.

• Harry Orwell : Jennifer Roth was probably one of the top 5 attorneys in the city. She was also very attractive and fairly wealthy. For all of that, what impressed me most was her sense of justice.

• Harry Orwell : I'd be glad to drive you out there. It'd be my pleasure.

  Jennifer Roth : [laughs]  What's the matter; you don't trust me behind the wheel of a car?

  Harry Orwell : No, I trust you. I just think that you're a woman that's been booked and fingerprinted for the first time in her life.

• Jennifer Roth : Do you have any burning ambitions, Harry?

  Harry Orwell : Well, there was a time when I thought I wanted to be the chief of police. Then I found out that was a job for a politician, not a cop. When I had to leave the force, I toyed with the idea of being rich. Then I realized that most of the things I wanted were either free or didn't cost that much.

  Jennifer Roth : What'd you settle for?

  Harry Orwell : Oh, I don't know. Just being a guy that goes to work and tries to make a living, keeps his promises and gets a kick out of walking on the beach looking at the sunset.

• Harry Orwell : Hello Jeannie.

  Jean Parnell : Hey... If it isn't Handsome Harry, come to brighten my day.

  Harry Orwell : What's the good word?

  Jean Parnell : Depends on why you're here.

  Harry Orwell : Why I'm here?

  Jean Parnell : If you're here to announce that you have reservations for two on the 7:00 flight to Las Vegas and I'm the only woman in the world you want to join you, then I'm terrific. Otherwise I got a headache and my eyes hurt.

  Harry Orwell : Well I can't make Vegas so I'll keep you in aspirins and eye drops, alright?

  Jean Parnell : Oh, Harry, you're irresistible. What do you want?

• Jennifer Roth : You didn't answer my question, Mr. Orwell. Do you have some reason to believe that I did not stop and rest?

  Harry Orwell : No, no, I think you stopped. It's just that maybe "rest" isn't the right word.

  Jennifer Roth : What would you call it?

  Harry Orwell : Passed out?

• Jennifer Roth : You're suggesting I have a drinking problem?

  Harry Orwell : People that earn over $20,000 a year and drink too much have a drinking problem. Everybody else is just a drunk.

  Jennifer Roth : You're not gonna give up, are you?

  Harry Orwell : You want me to?

• Lt. K.C. Trench : You alright, Orwell?

  Harry Orwell : Huh?

  Lt. K.C. Trench : You look a little peaked.

• Lt. K.C. Trench : Where are you going?

  Harry Orwell : I'm going to look for our friend Wayne.

  Lt. K.C. Trench : As a matter of professional curiosity, how do you find a man when you have only his first name?

  Harry Orwell : I ain't gonna tell ya.