Cromwell (film) Quotes

Cromwell (film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Cromwell completed its run in 1970.

It features Irving Allen as producer, Frank Cordell (musician) in charge of musical score, and Geoffrey Unsworth as head of cinematography.

Cromwell (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Cromwell (film) is 139 minutes long. Cromwell (film) is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell, Robin Stewart as King Charles, Geoffrey Keen as John Pym, Michael Jayston as Henry Ireton, Robin Stewart as King Charles I, Richard Cornish as Oliver Cromwell II, and Douglas Wilmer as Thomas Fairfax.

Cromwell (film) Quotes

Geoffrey Keen as John Pym

• (Geoffrey Keen) "We would as much go back to our homes and our farms as pursue this mockery of a government one more day."

• (Geoffrey Keen) "I say then that this House is resolved that we shall vote; no money for the King. Neither will we take up arms against our Scottish brethren unless Parliament is allowed to function as the true voice of the people of England, and not as a gathering of lackeys to the King."

Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell

• (Richard Harris) "This nation will prosper because it is a godly nation, and because we walk hand in hand with the Lord."

• (Richard Harris) "Therefore, put your trust in God; and keep your powder dry."

• (Richard Harris) "I do not believe that this is an evil king. But he is confused. And he cannot say no to his wife. Therefore if it please God I shall raise an army of men who are not confused. Stern men who say no to the tyranny of kings and wives. Men who make no confusion over the ordained place of man and woman, king and subject. And with these stern, God-fearing men, I shall ride. And we shall be called Ironsides because we are like iron, being hard both night and day. And the king shall find us unyielding, like a rod of iron, and shall give us satisfaction. Like our wives."

• (Richard Harris) "Against the King? You mean a civil war? In England? Huh. You know not the ways of this nation. Such things do not happen here."

• (Richard Harris) "God damn this king."

• (Richard Harris) "It's an odd thing, Mr. Ireton. Every man who wages war believes God is on his side. I'll warrant God should often wonder who is on his."

• (Richard Harris) "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me."

• (Richard Harris) "In the name of God. Did we cut the head off this King only to steal his crown? This hollow golden ring, this worthless trinket? Give it to a whore for the price of her bed."

• (Richard Harris) "You are no more capable of managing the affairs of this nation than you are of running a brothel."

Robin Stewart as King Charles

• (Robin Stewart) "Do you mean, sir, that I should declare war on my own people?"
• (Unnamed) "Aye, before they declare war on you."

• (Robin Stewart) "A democracy, Mr. Cromwell, was a Greek drollery based on the foolish notion that there are extraordinary possibilities in very ordinary people."

• (Robin Stewart) "Perhaps I should negotiate -- listen to my subjects. Perhaps I have been mistaken --"
• (Unnamed) "For heaven's sake, my love, if you cannot remain firm in our bedchamber at least try to remain firm in the light of day."

• (Robin Stewart) "I go now from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown."

• (Unnamed) "Sir, you are before a court of law."
• (Robin Stewart) "I see I am before a power --"

Richard Cornish as Oliver Cromwell II

• (Richard Cornish) "Do you think it could come to war, Father?"
• (Richard Harris) "Well, Oliver, when men run out of words, they reach for their swords. Let's hope we can keep them talking."

Douglas Wilmer as Thomas Fairfax

• (Douglas Wilmer) "I seem to remember we cut off the head of a king for such as this."

Michael Jayston as Henry Ireton

• (Michael Jayston) "Though Strafford's hand be upon this warrant, I see in this business not the hand of Strafford, but that of the King."
• (Richard Harris) "It is not the function of this House to sit in judgment upon this King. The fault lies with those people from whom the King has sought counsel."

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