St. Elsewhere (TV Series)

The Count (1983)

Cynthia Sikes: Dr. Annie Cavanero

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• Dr. Annie Cavanero : You seem like an intelligent, decent human being. What makes you do porno movies?

  Harold Beaumont : We prefer to call them "erotic films," but to answer your question, I was down to my last dollar and sitting in a restaurant eating when a man approached me and asked me if I'd like to be in a movie. He needed someone with an English accent. Adds a touch of class, you know. It's the truth. They quickly discovered that I had a... how shall I say it? Talent.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : There are a lot of people broke out there, but they don't degrade themselves.

  Harold Beaumont : Most of my movies are quite funny really. I mean, Victorian romances, historical melodramas, sweeping adventures - that sort of thing.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : With nudity and sexual intercourse.

  Harold Beaumont : Yes.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : How do you do it? Emotionally, I mean.

  Harold Beaumont : Sex has never been particularly important to me. I've always found a great book far more demanding and satisfying, emotionally. I suppose my difficulty, or lack of it, reflects a deep-rooted psychological problem, but I've always been this way.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : I think what you do is immoral.

  Harold Beaumont : Yes, I know you do. You ever seen one of my pictures?

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : No.

  Harold Beaumont : They're really very funny, you know. Personally, I can't understand why people find them titillating. I suppose that reflects a lacking on their part, wouldn't you say? I'm really very highly respected in the Philippines, North Africa and the Middle East. Albuquerque too.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : Albuquerque, New Mexico?

  Harold Beaumont : Hmm. I was voted, uh, Star of the Year at the Albuquerque Erotic Film Festival.

  Dr. Annie Cavanero : I didn't know they had one.

  Harold Beaumont : Neither did I.