Harry O (TV Series)

The Madonna Legacy (1975)

David Janssen: Harry Orwell

Quotes 

• Harry Orwell : The story was on page 4, small paragraph at the bottom. Former captain of detectives found dead on beach. Suicide probable cause of death. It's a strange feeling looking at the photograph of a friend you're told is dead. Seems to bear no resemblance to him.

• Jenny : You were gonna call me. That was six months ago!

  Harry Orwell : Well, I never said I was prompt.

  Jenny : Harry, whatever it is you want... out of the question.

  Harry Orwell : [Shows her a piece of paper]  Frank MacDonald. There's his number. I want to know what phone calls he made last night.

  Jenny : There's no way. I could lose my job!

  [On the phone with someone else] 

  Jenny : Yes, sir. Right. I will give it my immediate attention.

  [She waves at Harry as if to tell him to go away] 

  Harry Orwell : [Harry shows her the piece of paper again]  I don't want you to tap his phone. I just want you to give me the numbers he dialed last night. For old time's sake.

  Jenny : Harry, we didn't have any old times. Let's talk about new times.

  Harry Orwell : Yeah. Dinner on the beach. Candlelight. Champagne. Things like that.

  Jenny : [Takes the piece of paper from him]  I won't hold my breath.

• Harry Orwell : There are times when I want to speak to Trench and times when Trench wants to speak to me. But somehow those times never seem to coincide.

• Lt. K.C. Trench : When we get there, Orwell, I'll ask the questions. I like to keep in practice.

  Harry Orwell : Well, you know how you get to Carnegie Hall.

  Harry Orwell , Lt. K.C. Trench : Practice.

• Harry Orwell : I have mixed feelings about going to the mailbox in the morning. It's not the junk mail that's always there. I like junk mail. It's usually more reassuring than reading the morning paper. And it's not the bills I know I'm going to find. I can't pay those anyway. What bothers me, I guess, is the element of surprise. Like today. When I got a package from a dead man.

• Karen Nesbitt : Mr. Orwell. I'm so glad to see you.

  Harry Orwell : Say, could you call me Harry? I had a school teacher once who called me Mr. Orwell. Because she didn't like me, I forgot things.

• Harry Orwell : [voiceover]  All those years in prison with nothing to think about except revenge. But why? Revenge may be sweet but more often than not it satisfies the appetite of the innocent, not the guilty.