The Plague Dogs (film) Quotes

The Plague Dogs (film) is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . The Plague Dogs completed its run in 1970.

It features Martin Rosen as producer, and Patrick Gleeson in charge of musical score.

The Plague Dogs (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom, and United States. Each episode of The Plague Dogs (film) is 103 minutes long. The Plague Dogs (film) is distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment.

The cast includes: John Hurt as Snitter, Christopher Benjamin as Rowf, James Bolam as The Tod, Bernard Hepton as Stephen Powell, Warren Mitchell as Don, and John Franklyn-Robbins as Williamson.

The Plague Dogs (film) Quotes

Christopher Benjamin as Rowf

• (Christopher Benjamin) "We've never been very good at being wild, have we?"
• (John Hurt) "We just started too late."

• (Christopher Benjamin) "What's happened to you?"
• (John Hurt) "What do you mean?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Your head --"
• (John Hurt) "It's just a hole. It's not that strange, not really. Holes."

• (Christopher Benjamin) "Something's been burnt in there. It's a death place. Bones, hair --"
• (John Hurt) "They must burn creatures in there, Rowf."
• (John Hurt) "Sheep -- rain -- I can smell it underneath the ashes."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "In there? Smells come through the cracks. Dogs don't."

• (Christopher Benjamin) "We're not about to die."
• (James Bolam) "No? Why, hinny, ye've got no chance at all. I've bin watchin' ye the last two days, ye'll not last hollerin' yer heads off, racin' about the fell."
• (John Hurt) "What do you mean? What are you saying?"
• (James Bolam) "Just a proposition, bonny lads. If ye'll hunt with me, I'll keep ye right, and ye'll have yer meath, we'll run through the night and follow me feet --"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I don't understand a word he's saying."

• (Christopher Benjamin) "I can't stand the water anymore. When I shut my eyes, the water comes back."
• (John Hurt) "How do you get out? Do you drink it? Or does the sun dry it out? Or what?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I don't know. I hate it, Snitter. The water's terrible."
• (John Hurt) "The wire's loose here, along the bottom. If I put my nose under it, I might be able to get through --"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Why do they do it, Snitter? I'm not a bad dog."
• (John Hurt) "I don't think they do it because they think you're bad."

• (Christopher Benjamin) "We don't need him to help us, we never did."
• (John Hurt) "He can't help what he is. Anyway, I admire him. He's -- natural."

James Bolam as The Tod

• (James Bolam) "Whatever happens, don't stop. Remember, keep moving."

• (James Bolam) "The farmers are down in the valley, headin' this way, dogs all over the place. An' they've got guns."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "How's going to end, running around these mountains?"
• (John Hurt) "We've got to go, Rowf, the Tod's right. We're wild animals now."
• (James Bolam) "Are we goin' now, or do I go meself? And you'd best be sharp."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Maybe what they're doing to us is right. I'm a good dog, Snitter."
• (James Bolam) "Ye're no dog at all, now. Ye're a sheep killer. They'll blast ye're arse out, hinny, no trouble. I tell you, we'd best be off or you'll both be dead or dying inside 'alf an hour."

• (James Bolam) "Do ye know why we're still alive, with hundreds, maybe thousands of men that'd be glad ta kill us?"
• (John Hurt) "They wouldn't dare. I've only got to drown, or jump under a truck, and the sky will fall down and all the men will die. Have you ever thought of that, Rowf? That puts us one upon them."

• (James Bolam) "Us tods, we're used to runnin', 'til the dark comes, anyway."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "The dark? What's the dark?"
• (James Bolam) "That's the place where you stop runnin' for good."

Bernard Hepton as Stephen Powell

• (Bernard Hepton) "I think he's starting to pack it in."

John Hurt as Snitter

• (John Hurt) "They've taken everything away. The houses and roads, cars, pavement, the lot. How did they do it, Rowf?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "The white-coats must have changed it so they could do something or other to animals."
• (John Hurt) "But my master never used to do anything to me --"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I don't want to hear about your master."
• (John Hurt) "When I was at home, my master --"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Aren't you listening to me?"
• (John Hurt) "Masters are different, Rowf. You'll see what I mean when we've found one."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Supposing there aren't any masters left?"

• (John Hurt) "Have you ever thought, Rowf -- that we won't need food when we're dead? Or names for that matter -- I wonder who the buzzards will like best -- You, or me -- I hope you make sure we're properly dead before you start, old rip-beak."

• (John Hurt) "Rowf. Rowf. Come back."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Can't do it. I'll fight. I'll tear them white-coats -- damn white-coats --"
• (John Hurt) "It's not the white-coats, Rowf. It's me; Snitter. Listen; the door's not a wall anymore."

• (John Hurt) "Look out there. It's our island. Don't you see it? That's where we have to go. We can be free."

• (John Hurt) "The flies in my head -- they keep buzzing."

• (John Hurt) "They're not masters, Rowf. I had a master once, and I know. Whatever the White-coats are, they're not masters."

• (John Hurt) "The flies are out of my head -- look -- they've grown huge."

• (John Hurt) "Far off, Tod. Look --"
• (James Bolam) "That's the sea. Have ye never seen it before? Salt and the weeds. It's all water there."
• (John Hurt) "If only I could have stayed inside my head this morning. I might have been able to decide how to get there. How to reach it --"

• (John Hurt) "Rowf, if we don't find food soon, we'll die."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I'm not going to die. Not without a fight."
• (John Hurt) "Who are you going to fight? There's no one here."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I'll fight this. But we have to change."
• (John Hurt) "Change? Change to what?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "To what we used to be. Real animals. Wild animals."

• (John Hurt) "Rowf, what are you doing here?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I've been searching for the past two days. What happened to you?"
• (John Hurt) "Didn't you hear it? I mean, when the air all blew to pieces? I know it's my fault, but I didn't do it on purpose."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "What blew to pieces? What are you talking about?"
• (John Hurt) "We're dead, you and I. I've killed us both. I've destroyed everything."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Now, calm down and tell me everything."
• (John Hurt) "I -- was coming back, and all the grass and stones in my head were very loud. It felt of humming, like a strong wind. And I was on a road, like last time. He called me and smiled, and I went to him -- and everything smashed to pieces. I smashed it like I did the other time. It all comes from me, Rowf. Out of my head -- I killed that man like I killed my master. That's why we're here now, like this. We'll be punished, Rowf --"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "They can't do anything worse than they've done already --"
• (John Hurt) "Everything bad comes out of my head. Don't you see? Perhaps dying -- even -- dying doesn't stop it."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "I don't understand what you're saying. As for dying, I'll fight before I'm killed."
• (John Hurt) "They'll shoot you, Rowf, when they come with guns. The noise breaks the world to bits."

• (John Hurt) "He'll show us how to live out here if we let him share what we kill."
• (James Bolam) "Aye, laddie, that's it. Why, ye'll have no bother with me, I'm a delicate eater. I don't aught but pick at me meat."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "He'll cheat us and run away when it suits him. Bloody thief, that's what he is."
• (John Hurt) "Well, we've nothing to lose. He's a sharp one, Rowf."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "If you're still here when it's light, we'll decide what to do then."
• (James Bolam) "Ah, now yer talkin' sense. Keep a tight hold of yer mate, and a good look over ye."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "What do you call yourself?"
• (James Bolam) "I'm the Tod. Tod, ye know? Canniest Tod on Moss an' Moor."

Warren Mitchell as Don

• (Warren Mitchell) "What the hell thee art playin' at? Art thou stark bloody mad, or what?"
• (John Hurt) "We just need a master."
• (Warren Mitchell) "Just need a master? Of all the -- Art thou out of thy minds? chasing yows up and down fell, snapping and biting? Where's thy farm at? Where's thy master? Thou's bit yon yow, too, thou bastard. It's bleeding."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "Lay off. You don't own this place."
• (Warren Mitchell) "Don't own it? Then I'd like to know who bloody does. Hey, Wag. It says we don't own this here fell."
• (Wag) "Bloody cheek. What do you reckon they're up to then?"
• (Christopher Benjamin) "What are you up to, then?"
• (Warren Mitchell) "Gatherin', you daft sod. Seeking wooled sheep, of course. And then thee comes down like bloody bulls and spoil half an hour's good work."
• (Wag) "Ah, they be tourists. Thee, with yon patch on the head. Where's thy master at?"
• (Wag) "Has he been hurt, and thee run away?"
• (John Hurt) "We haven't a master. We thought -- maybe your master --"
• (Warren Mitchell) "He'll fill thee with leads he will. Worrying sheep."
• (John Hurt) "We were only doing the same as you."
• (John Franklyn-Robbins) "Don. Come-by here. Yer Wag. Come-by here."
• (Christopher Benjamin) "We'd better get out of here."
• (John Hurt) "They belonged where they were. You could smell it. No Whitecoat does anything to them. But what are we going to do, Rowf?"

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