The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)
Tower Beyond Tragedy (1972)
Stefanie Powers: Toni Craig, Kim Ahern
Quotes
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[last lines]
Toni Craig : He said this was gonna be our private tower just like the one the poet built in Big Sur.
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Poet?
Inspector Steve Keller : Robinson Jeffers. He built his own place out of rocks, called it a "Tower Beyond Tragedy."
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : I'd call him a dreamer. Man hasn't come up with a place that safe yet.
Toni Craig : Some men keep trying.
[Lt. Stone shrugs]
Toni Craig : Thank you.
[She gets in the car and they all drive off]
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Amory Gilliam : We belong, Kim, together. Here or some place like this. Have you ever been to the Tower?
Toni Craig : What tower?
Amory Gilliam : Robinson Jeffers' tower. Down the coast, south of here, near Big Sur. It's a fortress against the world.
Toni Craig : Who is he?
Amory Gilliam : A poet.
Toni Craig : And he built his own home?
Amory Gilliam : Yes. With his own hands. Stone by stone.
Toni Craig : What does he write about?
Amory Gilliam : The sea. Nature. Man's failure. Violence. Wildness. The power of passion. Love.
Toni Craig : I'd like to read him some day.
Amory Gilliam : I intend for you to.