Tom Goodman-Hill: Sanderson Reed
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[Allan aims his elephant gun at a fleeing assassin]
Sanderson Reed : But he's so far away.
[Allan lowers the gun with a grunt of frustration]
Sanderson Reed : Yes, I thought he was.
[Allan puts on a pair of glasses]
Allan Quartermain : God, I hate getting old.
[He aims the rifle and fires. In the far distance, the assassin goes down. Reed gapes]
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[Chasing Moriarty, Tom Sawyer bumps into an invisible man]
Tom Sawyer : Skinner?
[to Quatermain]
Tom Sawyer : It's okay! It's Skinner!
[to the invisible man]
Tom Sawyer : What the hell are you doing here?
Sanderson Reed : What makes you think I'm Skinner, huh?
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Sanderson Reed : Where is your sense of patriotism?
Allan Quatermain : [stands up with a drink] God save the Queen.
[the other patrons of the club mutter an apathetic return to the toast]
Nigel : God save her.
Allan Quatermain : [to Reed] That's about as patriotic as it gets around here.
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Sanderson Reed : They're indestructible.
Allan Quatermain : No, just armor-plated.
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Sanderson Reed : There is great unrest. Countries set at each other's throats, baying for blood. It's a powder-keg. The trouble of which I speak could set a match to the whole thing: War.
Allan Quatermain : Wi-With whom, exactly?
Sanderson Reed : Everyone. A world war.
Allan Quatermain : That notion makes you sweat?
Sanderson Reed : Heavens, man. Doesn't it you?
Allan Quatermain : This is Africa, dear boy. Sweating is what we do.
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Sanderson Reed : But you're Allan Quatermain. Stories of your exploits have thrilled English boys for decades.
Allan Quatermain : That I know. And Nigel has done a grand job reminding me. But... with each past exploit I've lost friends, white men and black... and much more. And I'm not the man I once was.
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[first lines]
Sanderson Reed : [to coachman] Don't... wander... off.
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Sanderson Reed : The Empire needs you.
Allan Quatermain : But the question is, do I need the Empire?
