British Films

"Geoffrey Rush - Marquis de Sade"

"Meet the Marquis de Sade. The pleasure is all his."

"There are no bad words... only bad deeds."

"I so admire men with an appetite for...books."

"Tell him I'm no fool, a prison's still a prison, even with Chinese silks and chandeliers."

"If you're going to martyr yourself, do it for God, not a chambermaid."

"You prefer a book to your husband's company? Well no wonder, I'm only flesh and blood - that's no match for the printed page!"

"You know how I define idealism, Monsieur Delbenet? Youth's final luxury."

"You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?"

"Don't come any closer, Abbe, God's watching."

"If I wasn't such a bad woman on the page, I couldn't be such a good woman in life."

"Some things belong on paper, others in life. It's a blessed fool who can't tell the difference."

"My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane. Who knows, they might improve it."

"In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man."

"I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. We're all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade... the rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet... I've been to hell, young man, you've only read about it."

"Ah, you've come to read my trousers."

"You've already stolen my heart... as well as a more prominent organ, south of the Equator."

"I didn't create this world of ours. I merely recorded it."

"Suppose one of your precious inmates attempted to walk on water and drowned - would you comdemn the Bible? I think not."

"Are your convictions so fragile they cannot stand in opposition to mine? Is your god so flimsy, so weak? For shame!"

"Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated."

"Listen to me Abbé, and listen well. I've stared into the face of evil and I've lived to tell the tale and now, I beg you, for your sake, let me write it down."

"I am not the first man God had asked to shed blood in his name. And I am not the last."

"You're not the Antichrist. You're only a malcontent who knows how to spell."

"Your terrible secret revealed, you're a man after all."

"Garry Cooper - Peter Fenton"

"John Altman - Johnny 'John the Mod' Fagin"

"Hugh Lloyd - Mr Cale"

"P. H. Moriarty - Barman at Villain Club"

"John Bindon - Harry North, gangster"

"George Innes - Cafe Owner"

"Patrick Murray - Des the projectionist assistant"

"Timothy Spall - Harry the Projectionist"

"John Phillips - Magistrate"

"Jeremy Child - Agency Man"

"Daniel Peacock - Danny"

"Benjamin Whitrow - Mr Fulford"

"Kim Neve - Yvonne Cooper"

"Michael Elphick - Mr George Cooper, Jimmy's father"

"Kate Williams - Mrs Cooper, Jimmy's mother"

"Andy Sayce - Kenny"

"Trevor Laird - Ferdy"

"Toyah Willcox - Monkey"

"Gary Shail - Spider"

"Ray Winstone - Kevin Herriot"

"Sting - Ace Face"

"Mark Wingett - Dave"

"Philip Davis - Chalky"

"Leslie Ash - Steph"

"Phil Daniels - Jimmy Cooper"