The Tall Guy (1989)

Actors

• Bob Appleby (actor)
• Rowan Atkinson (actor)
• Charles Augins (actor)
• Tim Barlow (actor)
• Peter Barry (actor)
• Simon Bell (actor)
• Melvyn Bragg (actor)
• Peter Brewis (actor)
• Fred Bryant (actor)
• Richard Curtis (actor)
• Mike De Souter (actor)
• Angus Deayton (actor)
• Robin Driscoll (actor)
• Michael Fitzgerald (actor)
• Wayne Anthoney (actor)

Genres

• Comedy
• Romance

Quotes:

[Outside her flat]::Kate: Don't be fooled by the grim exterior. It's a good deal grimmer inside.

Dexter: All these weeks I've been coming here, I've been wanting to ask you something. What I really want to know is... er, what's your name?::Kate: Kate... Lemmon. Horrid name!::Dexter: No, no, not at all. Could have been worse. Could have been called Hitler, Tampon, or something.

Dexter: God take my testicles and fry them up with bacon!

Dexter: How was your day?::Kate: Not great. A nurses's day is always pretty grisly. A woman I was with gave birth to a baby in a lift.::Dexter: Well, that was okay, er?::Kate: It would have been, but her husband slipped on the afterbirth and broke his collarbone.

Dexter: I hope all your children have very small dicks! And that includes the girls!

Ron Anderson: You're both sacked. I give you a week's notice.::Dexter: You can't do that! I demand to talk to the producer.::Ron Anderson: I am the producer.::Dexter: In that case, you can do that but I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of sacking me because I resign!::Ron Anderson: Fine, then you get no severance pay and I sue your arse for breach of contract.::Dexter: In that case I don't resign, you total and utter bastard!::Ron Anderson: [slams the door in Dexter's face]::Dexter: I hope all your children have very small dicks! And that includes the girls!

Dexter: Please? Just dinner? Let me explain: I was a complete, total, utter idiot! I have learned my lesson completely, totally, utterly!::Kate: Just dinner?::Dexter: Promise!::Kate: What? No sex at the end?::Dexter: Well, maybe - sex? Yes! Alright, if you insist!

Kate: Are you going to walk me home? Or should I just get murdered on my own?

Mary: Well, the only other thing at the moment is a new musical that the RSC are doing.::Dexter: Er, what's it about?::Mary: The Elephant Man.::Dexter: A musical of the Elephant Man? What's it called?::Mary: "Elephant", I think - with an exclamation mark presumably.::Dexter: Pity the poor bastard who has to play the elephant.::Mary: Remember dearest, everyone thought Jesus Christ Superstar was a stupid idea.::Dexter: Jesus Christ Superstar WAS a stupid idea.::Mary: True.

Ron Anderson: Listen, Dexter, is there something troubling you? Something that you would like to talk to someone about?::Dexter: Well, yes, as a matter of fact there is...::Ron Anderson: Then for fuck's sake talk to someone about it, will you? And sort it out before I sack you and hire a lobotomized monkey to play your role. Okay?