Defense of the Realm (1985)

David Calder: Harry Champion

Quotes 

• [SPOILER] 

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : [angrily]  Where'd the tip-off come from?

  Harry Champion : Look, you know perfectly well I've got to protect my sources.

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : Oh yeah? Well, from now on, nobody is protecting anybody.

  Harry Champion : I'm sorry, I can't tell you.

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : I want to know who told you Kleist was KGB.

  Harry Champion : I can't tell you!

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : It was the same source rang me up and gave me the Prague story, wasn't it?

  Harry Champion : I've no idea.

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : [chuckles]  Come on, Harry. Who was it?

  Harry Champion : Look, he's in the Security Services. He's very, very high up. I used him for fifteen years and he's never been wrong. That's all I can tell you.

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : Yeah? Well, you better get yourself a new contact, Harry.

  Harry Champion : Really.

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : Yeah. Kleist is no more KGB than Kim Philby was MI6. He's a British agent.

  Harry Champion : [laughs incredulously]  Oh, that's very good. Now, where did you get that from, John le Carré?

  Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen : No. I got it from George Rydell. In black and white. Now, I want a name.