“Why? I hate that idea. It's ghastly. It's a witchhunt. Anyone...” – Madox, The English Patient ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The English Patient 1996

Madox Julian Wadham

Why? I hate that idea.
(?) It's ghastly. It's a witchhunt. Anyone remotely foreign is suddenly a spy.

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