"M. Bonancieux: Well, I don't want to be sent to the Bastille, me, because it's got very deep dungeons and terrible instruments of torture, operated by very unsympathetic men! And they snip very important parts off people!"

"Buckingham: If anyone should try to follow us, would you be so good as to kill him? Thank you."

"Rochefort: [to d'Artagnan] If you were a gentleman, I would speak to you. I was speaking at you."

"[Of Porthos' and Aramis' tennis-playing skills] I'd rather wager on a Huguenot for the Papacy than gamble on you two!"

"You'll find, young man, the future looks rosier through the bottom of a glass."

"A gallop, a skirmish, a thrust or two, what would you? It's a day's work!"

"I've never washed the legs of a woman—but I have done a horse. With a horse, you...start at the top."

"[after having been challenged to duels by Athos, Porthos and Aramis] If I'm going to be killed, at least it will be by a musketeer!"

"Forgive me, madam, but I must kill your friend."

"Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent."

"John Hallam - Police Constable McTaggart"

"Gerry Cowper - Rowan Morrison"

"Peter Brewis - Musician"

"Roy Boyd - Broome"

"Ian Campbell - Oak"

"Walter Carr - School Master"

"Irene Sunters - May Morrison"

"Aubrey Morris - Old Gardener/Gravedigger"

"Russell Waters - Harbour Master"

"Lindsay Kemp - Alder MacGregor"

"Ingrid Pitt - Librarian"

"Britt Ekland - Willow"

"Diane Cilento - Miss Rose"

"Christopher Lee - Lord Summerisle"

"Edward Woodward - Sergeant Neil Howie"

"The residents of Summerisle invited Sergeant Howie to their traditional May Day festival. He didn't expect to meet...The Wicker Man."

"Flesh to touch...Flesh to burn! Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!"

"May Morrison: You'll simply never understand the true nature of sacrifice."

"Miss Rose: The building attached to the ground in which the body lies is no longer used for Christian worship, so whether it is still a Churchyard is debatable."

"Willow: Some things in their natural state have the most vivid colours."

"Harbour Master: Much has been said of the strumpets of yore Of wenches and bawdyhouse queens by the score But I sing of a baggage that we all adore The landlord's daughter."

"[while being burned alive in a Wicker Man] Oh, God... I humbly entreat you for the soul of this, thy servant, Neil Howie... who will today depart from this world. Do not deliver me into the enemy's hands... or... put me out of mind forever. Let me not undergo the real pains of Hell, dear God, because I die unshriven... and establish me... in that bliss... which knows no ending... through Christ... our Lord. [screaming] JESUS!! JESUS!!!"

"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one of them kneels to another, or to his own kind that lived thousands of years ago. Not one of them is respectable or unhappy, all over the earth."

"[singing] The Lord's my shepherd; I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures... Oh, God."

"[upon seeing the Wicker Man] OH GOD!! OH JESUS CHRIST!!!"

"Don't you see that killing me is not going to bring back your apples?"

"Animals are fine, but their acceptability is limited. A small child is even better, but not nearly as effective as the right kind of adult."