Columbo (TV Series)
How to Dial a Murder (1978)
Nicol Williamson: Dr. Eric Mason
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Quotes
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Dr. Eric Mason : You pass yourself off as a puppy in a raincoat, happily running around the yard, digging holes all over the garden, Only, you're digging a minefield and wagging your tail.
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Dr. Eric Mason : What the hell are you playing at?
Lt. Columbo : Oh, just my game, sir. You're good at tennis and word games, and Dr. Hunter, he was a winner with women. This is my game.
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Lt. Columbo : Well, we'll be seeing more of each other, sir, until the investigation is settled.
Dr. Eric Mason : Lieutenant. It's not that I haven't been impressed by your company, but what is there to settle?
Lt. Columbo : Well, it's that telephone again, sir. You see, whoever called Dr. Hunter musta heard those awful sounds in the kitchen, sir. Must have heard the dogs and a man dying. Dying and screaming, sir, and nobody called the police. We never got a report, sir. Not a single one - except for the young girl down here in the guest house; so, you can see, we would like to know who made that telephone call, sir. You understand, sir.
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Dr. Eric Mason : The words lock you into your locked up little lives. Now we're gonna teach you how to smash the lock.
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Dr. Eric Mason : Thinking's an old fashioned habit, Lieutenant, and one worth cultivating.
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Dr. Eric Mason : Words control our lives, Lieutenant. If we let them. That's why we encourage our people to learn a secret word. To fight off all the other words. Do you have a secret word?
Lt. Columbo : No, I don't think so. Do you have one, sir?
Dr. Eric Mason : Of course, Lieutenant. My very own.