Dragonslayer (1981 film) Quotes

Dragonslayer (1981 film) is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Dragonslayer completed its run in 1970.

It features Hal Barwood as producer, Alex North in charge of musical score, and Derek Vanlint as head of cinematography.

Dragonslayer (1981 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Dragonslayer (1981 film) is 109 minutes long. Dragonslayer (1981 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Peter Eyre as Casiodorus Rex, John Hallam as Tyrian, Caitlin Clarke as Valerian, Peter MacNicol as Galen, Ralph Richardson as Ulrich, Sydney Bromley as Hodge, Ian McDiarmid as Brother Jacobus, Roger Kemp as Horsrik, Chloe Salaman as Princess Elspeth, Emrys James as Valerian's Father, and Albert Salmi as Greil.

Dragonslayer (1981 film) Quotes

Peter MacNicol as Galen

• (Peter MacNicol) "You're back. I thank the powers that made me."
• (Ralph Richardson) "Glad to see you, too. You didn't bring along anything to eat, by any chance?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "Food?"
• (Ralph Richardson) "But, come along, there's much to do."
• (Peter MacNicol) "No, please. I thought I was a sorcerer, I'm not. I thought I had power, I don't. You said to be strong. I wasn't."
• (Ralph Richardson) "But you were, my boy, you were. And you'll be stronger yet."

• (Peter MacNicol) "Are there other entrances?"
• (Caitlin Clarke) "No. One's enough."

• (Peter MacNicol) "My lord Ulrich is no longer. All that you asked of him, you may now expect of me. The dangers he would face, I will now conquer. The task he would undertake, I will now fulfill. I'm Galen Brandwarden, inheritor of Ulrich's craft and knowledge, and I am the sorcerer you seek."

Ian McDiarmid as Brother Jacobus

• (Ian McDiarmid) "Unclean beast. Get thee down. Be thou consumed by the fires that made thee."

John Hallam as Tyrian

• (John Hallam) "A toast -- to the deed of the day."
• (Urlander) "What would you have of us?"
• (John Hallam) "Not a thing."
• (John Hallam) "It's this one. The King would meet our newfound benefactor, and offer his gratitude to the one man who has succeeded where so many have failed."
• (Peter MacNicol) "What sort of 'gratitude'? A knife in the belly? An arrow in the chest?"
• (John Hallam) "My young friend -- I would have soon dispatched you as I did the rest, for the same reason. But his Majesty would have a cozy little chat, and commands otherwise."

• (John Hallam) "If he's ready to lay a dragon in its grave, he's nothing to fear from me."

• (John Hallam) "I knew I'd find you here. Well, I'm not as sentimental as his majesty. The kingdom, everyone of us, needs this sacrifice. If you intend to interfere, you'll have to kill me."
• (Peter MacNicol) "I've plenty of reasons to kill you that have nothing to do with this sacrifice."

Caitlin Clarke as Valerian

• (Caitlin Clarke) "You'll be dead Galen Bradwarden, Sorcerer's Apprentice. You'll be dead, the dragon will still be alive and I'll still be a virgin. You'll be dead, and I don't care."
• (Peter MacNicol) "Of course, the lottery. Sons are spared, but daughters are not."
• (Caitlin Clarke) "Yes, the lottery."
• (Peter MacNicol) "You're right. I am in love; but not with the princess."

• (Caitlin Clarke) "It's a shield. I made it. Might keep the fire off of you, might not. You know, you're an idiot. You're going to die tonight. You'll be ripped, limb from limb. This is the last time I'll ever speak to you."

• (Caitlin Clarke) "Are you afraid of dragons?"
• (Ralph Richardson) "No. In fact, if it weren't for sorcerers, there wouldn't be any dragons. Once, the skies were dotted with them. Magnificent horned backs, leathern wings -- soaring -- and their hot-breathed wind. Oh, I know this creature of yours -- Vermithrax Pejorative. Look at these scales, these ridges. When a dragon gets this old, it knows nothing but pain, constant pain. It grows decrepit -- crippled -- pitiful. Spiteful."

• (Caitlin Clarke) "All right, I'm coming too."
• (Peter MacNicol) "No, you're not. This is for me to do."
• (Caitlin Clarke) "I'm not afraid. After all, I was a man, remember?"

• (Caitlin Clarke) "Twice each year, at the Spring and Summer Equinox, the king selects a new victim. Virgins."
• (Ralph Richardson) "A lottery. Barbaric. And in return, this dragon -- it leaves your villages and crops unburned. Your king has made a pact with a monster."

Peter Eyre as Casiodorus Rex

• (Peter Eyre) "-- You -- Tyrian -- surely you'll do something. If not for me -- out of loyalty to the kingdom."
• (John Hallam) "But that's just it, Your Majesty. My first loyalty is -- loyalty to the kingdom."

• (Peter Eyre) "Stop. Don't -- harm him. You, please. You know, I've always had the greatest admiration for the black arts, you chaps with your -- mysterious spells. I didn't think it would be necessary. Vermithrax is an old dragon, and -- that, I thought, was the beauty of my plan. Time, we waited out, and live to see the end of it. I WILL see the end of it."
• (John Hallam) "Sir, I beg you consider what you're doing. Give him that, he'll destroy everything you've built."
• (Peter Eyre) "He shall have it. It -- it's my daughter. Save her, I beg you."

• (Peter Eyre) "Did you ever hear of King Gaiseric? Oh no, of course not, you weren't even born. He was my brother, a great King and a valiant man-at-arms. When he ascended the throne, the dragon was unbridled. No one knew where it might strike next. So, he brought forth his broadsword, assembled his best company of fighters and went out to do battle. He was never seen again. But his attack provoked the most terrible reprisals: whole villages incinerated, entire crops burnt, death, famine -- horrible. How did you arrogate to yourself the role of 'savior'?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "I was invited."
• (Peter Eyre) "Not by me. I think you're nothing but a boy -- an apprentice."
• (Peter Eyre) "Have you ever considered the consequences of failure?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "WHAT failure? What are you saying, do you want the dragon back?"
• (Peter Eyre) "You came here and toyed with the monster. Who are YOU, to risk our people? Our villages?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "But your children were dying."
• (Peter Eyre) "Only a few, does that sound cruel? It is better that they should die that others might live. I created the lottery."
• (Peter Eyre) "Me. And from the moment it began, the dragon was tamed. The kingdom has prospered."
• (Peter MacNicol) "At what price? You can't make a shameful 'peace' with dragons. You must kill them as I have done."
• (Peter Eyre) "Then the beast is dead?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "Yes, it's dead."
• (Peter Eyre) "We shall see."

Roger Kemp as Horsrik

• (Roger Kemp) "Now be it known throughout the kingdom that this maiden, having lawfully been chosen by a deed of fortune and destiny, shall hereby give up her life for the greater good of Urland. By this act shall be satisfied the powers that dwell underground. In gratitude of this sacrifice, His Majesty declares the father; a plowman; to be free of obligations for a period not to exceed five years. Duly ordained --"

• (Roger Kemp) "All hail Casiodorus Rex, dragonslayer."

Sydney Bromley as Hodge

• (Sydney Bromley) "Ah, so it's a test you're looking for. We don't do tests."
• (John Hallam) "No, of course not. They never do tests. Not many real deeds either. Oh, conversation with your grandmother's shade in a darkened room, the odd love potion or two, but comes a doubter, why, then it's the wrong day, the planets are not in line, the entrails are not favorable, "we don't do tests"."

Ralph Richardson as Ulrich

• (Ralph Richardson) "There's something you must do."
• (Peter MacNicol) "Anything."
• (Ralph Richardson) "I want you to destroy the amulet, and me along with it."
• (Ralph Richardson) "You brought me from the flame. You must send me back. You'll know the time. You must act while life is still in me."

Emrys James as Valerian's Father

• (Emrys James) "The damnedest thing is she was twice the man of anyone else in the village, and now she's twice the woman."
• (Albert Salmi) "Would that I was as clever as her father."

Chloe Salaman as Princess Elspeth

• (Chloe Salaman) "-- Please don't think ill of us. Father is a wise and evenhanded man. He's --"
• (Chloe Salaman) "-- What happened to you?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "Nothing. Just some of your father's -- evenhandedness."
• (Chloe Salaman) "It -- it's better for everyone this way. A king must protect his people."
• (Peter MacNicol) "Naturally. Just as he protects his daughter."
• (Chloe Salaman) "What do you mean by that? Are you referring to the lottery?"
• (Peter MacNicol) "You don't have to pretend, not to me, not down here. Everyone knows how this -- choosing works. The families with money, royal connections -- You've participated in a lie, and you know it."
• (Chloe Salaman) "-- I have to go now."
• (Chloe Salaman) "-- Father. Did you know that some families have paid bribes to stay out of the lottery?"
• (Peter Eyre) "Nonsense."
• (Chloe Salaman) "-- Have you ever kept my name off the lottery list?"
• (Peter Eyre) "What are you suggesting?"
• (Chloe Salaman) "Am I not exposed to the same risk as every other man's daughter?"
• (Roger Kemp) "There's been a loose tongue here somewhere, Sire."
• (Peter Eyre) "Who fills your head with such ideas?"
• (Chloe Salaman) "Answer my question."
• (Peter Eyre) "Please -- don't -- think of such things, I beg you."
• (Chloe Salaman) "Answer me."
• (Peter Eyre) "The answer is no. I; I mean, yes. Yes. You are a participant in the choosing. We have seen to that, of course. How could we not? Yes. The answer is yes."
• (Chloe Salaman) "You're lying to me."

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