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Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Michael Bates: Chief Guard

A Clockwork Orange

Michael Bates credited as playing...

Chief Guard

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  • Minister: What crime did you commit?
  • Alex: The accidental killing of a person, sir.
  • Chief Guard Barnes: He brutally murdered a woman, sir, in furtherance of theft. Fourteen years, sir!
  • Minister: Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, bold, vicious. He'll do.
  • Governor: Well, fine, we could still look at C-block...
  • Minister: No, no, no. That's enough. He's perfect. I want his records sent to me. This vicious young hoodlum will be transformed out of all recognition.
  • Alex: Thank you very much for this chance, sir.
  • Minister: Let's hope you make the most of it, my boy.
  • [Staring at Alex's penis]
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Are you now, or have you ever been a homosexual?
  • Minister: Punishment means nothing to them, you can see that. They enjoy their so-called punishment.
  • Alex: You're absolutely right, sir.
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Shut your bleeding hole!
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Are you able to see the white line painted on the floor directly behind you, Six-Double-Five-Three-Two-One?
  • Alex: Yes, sir.
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Then your toes belong on the *other* side of it!
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Shut your filthy hole, you scum!
  • Chief Guard Barnes: [shouting at Alex, who is reading a legal document affecting his prison status] Don't read it! Sign it!
  • Chief Guard Barnes: Pick that up and put it down properly!
  • Chief Guard Barnes: If I can offer a word of advice, Doc. You'll have to watch this one. A right brutal bastard he has been, and will be again, in spite of all his sucking up to the Prison Chaplain and reading the Bible.

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