The Front (1976)

Remak Ramsay: Francis Hennessey

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• Harry Stone : I never joined anything. A terrible mistake has been made.

  Francis Hennessey : I sympathize. Unfortunately, I can only help people who are willing to make a clean breast of what they've done.

  Harry Stone : But I haven't done anything!

  Francis Hennessey : That's why I can't help you.

• Francis Hennessey : The question is, Mr. Brown, what have you done?

  Hecky Brown : Nothing. I'm an actor.

  Francis Hennessey : Nothing?

  Hecky Brown : Six years ago, I marched in the May Day parade. I bought a subscription for the 'Daily Worker', but I never read it, not one word. Right from the mailbox to the garbage can. I was only trying to get laid. This girl, this communist girl, she had a big ass.

  Francis Hennessey : I am not interested in your sex life, Mr. Brown.

  Hecky Brown : Hecky. I was just telling you - that girl was the reason.

  Francis Hennessey : Was she also the reason you signed a petition for Loyalist Spain?

  Hecky Brown : Did I do that?

  Francis Hennessey : And Russian war relief?

  Hecky Brown : We were on the same side, weren't we? That girl with the big ass, she was the reason. Honestly.

• Hecky Brown : You want me to spy - on Howard Prince?

  Francis Hennessey : We are in a war, Mr. Brown, against a ruthless and tricky enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life. To be a spy on the side of freedom is an honor.

  Hecky Brown : And if I spy on Howard Prince, I can work?

  Francis Hennessey : I don't do the hiring, Mr. Brown. I only advise about Americanism. But in my opinion, as the sign of a true patriot, it would certainly help.