The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)

Terence Rigby: Big Al

Quotes 

• [Sergeant Hobson has warned Big Al that using the church crypt as a warehouse contravenes planning regulations] 

  Big Al : The town planners have moved in like a wolf on the fold.

  Trevor Chaplin : I believe they tend to do that.

  Big Al : If we don't get all that gear out of the church basement by the weekend, we're all pencilled-in for deportation, solitary confinement, loss of privileges, discharge with ignominy, boiling in oil... or a small fine.

  Trevor Chaplin : All that for breaking the town planning regulations?

  Big Al : I think you get a choice - I haven't studied the small-print.