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Hidden Agenda (1990 film) Quotes

Hidden Agenda (1990 film) is a television show that was first aired in 1970 . Hidden Agenda stopped airing in 1970.

It features Eric Fellner as producer, Stewart Copeland in charge of musical score, and Clive Tickner as head of cinematography.

Hidden Agenda (1990 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Hidden Agenda (1990 film) is 108 minutes long. Hidden Agenda (1990 film) is distributed by Hemdale Film Corporation.

The cast includes: Brian Cox as Kerrigan, Frances McDormand as Ingrid Jessner, and Brad Dourif as Paul Sullivan.

Hidden Agenda (1990 film) Quotes

Brian Cox as Kerrigan

  • (Brian Cox) "What happened to the film?"
  • (Frances McDormand) "Never got made."
  • (Brian Cox) "Too controversial?"
  • (Frances McDormand) "Too honest, I think. It was about how Mr. Kissinger, the CIA and the Pentagon have made Chile safe for democracy."
  • (Maxwell) "Can we go?"
  • (Brian Cox) "Yes, yes."
  • (Brian Cox) "God, you people are living in the dark ages."
  • (Det. Sgt. Hughes) "Classified information."
  • (Brian Cox) "Classified, my bulls***. What the f*** you people are running in here? You're own private shooting war?"
  • (Brian Cox) "Did he give you the tape?"
  • (Supt. Fraser) "Do you mind if I smoke?"
  • (Brian Cox) "Yes, I do."
  • (Brian Cox) "I understand the point you're trying to make, Sir Robert. That to maintain the system, the abuse of power is sometimes necessary."
  • (Sir Robert Neil) "Yes. It allows us to enjoy the freedom of living in a free society. A price the public are prepared to pay."
  • (Brian Cox) "That's a dangerous concept."
  • (Sir Robert Neil) "But a realistic one."
  • (Brian Cox) "I am conducting an investigation, for Christ's sake."

Frances McDormand as Ingrid Jessner

  • (Frances McDormand) "Are you going to do anything about this?"
  • (Brian Cox) "There's nothing I can do."
  • (Frances McDormand) "They've committed murder and treason at 11'o clock this morning, a man was assassinated by orders of the British Intelligence and you could do nothing?"
  • (Brian Cox) "I wish I could."
  • (Frances McDormand) "You have credentials I don't have, your reputation brought you here, people would listen to you."
  • (Brian Cox) "With you as my witness? A member of a civil liberties group who accuses the British government of torture and shoot to kill policy."
  • (Frances McDormand) ""I don't care whose toes I tread on." That's what you said, and I believed it."
  • (Brian Cox) "Look, I have to go --"
  • (Frances McDormand) "Go."
  • (Brian Cox) "I'm a policeman."
  • (Frances McDormand) "Yes, you are."
  • (Brian Cox) "The men responsible for Paul's death will be charged."
  • (Frances McDormand) "You know and you'll do nothing."
  • (Brian Cox) "I can't win with these people --"
  • (Frances McDormand) "You'll just close your eyes."
  • (Brian Cox) "Forget it and go home."
  • (Frances McDormand) "That's how Fascism starts. So what do you think of your fine British law now, Mr. Kerrigan?"
  • (Brian Cox) "It has nothing to do with law and police --"
  • (Frances McDormand) "What is it, then?"
  • (Brian Cox) "It's politics."
  • (Frances McDormand) "To enforce the rules of a police state IS politics. Good guys like you cover up so bad guys are safe. You're a puppet and the men pulling the strings know it."
  • (Frances McDormand) "Mr. Kerrigan, how far you'll be willing to go with this?"
  • (Brian Cox) "If -- and it's still a big if, if Harris is in anyway connect with the shooting I don't care whose toes I tread on, he becomes part of the investigation. No more, no less. Okay?"

Brad Dourif as Paul Sullivan

  • (Brad Dourif) "I don't believe it."
  • (Frances McDormand) "Tribal rites."
  • (Brad Dourif) "It's frightening."

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