Return of the Saint (TV Series)

The Nightmare Man (1978)

Norman Eshley: Detective George Caufield

Quotes 

• Detective George Caufield : No white-blond hitman known in the UK. Further, the Chief of Security at the Italian Ambassey tells me di Vallesi has no enemies, probably the least controversial man in Rome. As a matter of fact, even the Pope's a likelier target, satisfied?

  Simon Templar : No! Of course I'm not satisfied. I mean, for a start, the hitman's almost certainly an import! And well liked or not, di Vallesi may have a dozen enemies Italian Security knows nothing about.

  Detective George Caufield : Di Vallesi will have routine protection from the moment he arrives.

  [grabs a piece of paper from Simon's hands and slams it on the table] 

  Detective George Caufield : And that is the end of that.

  Simon Templar : Yes, well, George I hope for your sake it isn't also the end of di Vallesi.

  [leaves] 

• Simon Templar : Now listen, listen, George, listen. If the woman who had the dream was not di Vallesi's wife, then who was she?

  Detective George Caufield : There was no dream, you were conned!

  Simon Templar : Yes, obviously, George, but why?

  Detective George Caufield : If I could answer that, I wouldn't feel such a fool.

  Simon Templar : Just wait a minute, listen. Now she went to a lot of trouble for that. She had to book into the hotelroom, she had to, she had to wait until i was passing the door, then all that research on di Vallesi. A con does not mean hoax, George! I mean, Gunther is still a reality, we are still on the hook. The only difference is, now it's just a little bit more complicated and a lot more sinister.