Sirocco (film) Quotes

Sirocco (film) is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Sirocco stopped airing in 1970.

It features Robert Lord as producer, George Antheil in charge of musical score, and Burnett Guffey as head of cinematography.

Sirocco (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Sirocco (film) is 98 minutes long. Sirocco (film) is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Lee J. Cobb as Col. Feroud, Onslow Stevens as Emir Hassan, Humphrey Bogart as Harry Smith, Everett Sloane as Gen. LaSalle, Nick Dennis as Nasir Aboud, David Bond as Achmet, Zero Mostel as Balukjiaan, and Märta Torén as Violette.

Sirocco (film) Quotes

Nick Dennis as Nasir Aboud

• (Nick Dennis) "It's a French gun."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "What do you care whose gun it is as long as it isn't aimed at you?"

• (Nick Dennis) "Hey, what's the matter with you?"
• (Zero Mostel) "Nothing is the matter. Why?"
• (Nick Dennis) "You look sick."
• (Nick Dennis) "Doesn't he look sick?"
• (Unnamed) "Yeah."
• (Zero Mostel) "I'm never sick."
• (Nick Dennis) "That's what my poor father said just before he died."

Lee J. Cobb as Col. Feroud

• (Lee J. Cobb) "What about my money?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Confiscated."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "I'm dead without it."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Let's say you'll be alive in a new way."

• (Lee J. Cobb) "I have here your dossier. It contains the history of your life. You're a man entirely without moral scruples of any kind. You supply the Syrians with guns and ammunition, but I respect them, they fight for a cause. Your cause is only money. While Frenchmen and Syrians kill each other, you profit by it. According to military law you have to be shot. The punishment seems hardly adequate."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "What have you got me up here for? To watch me sweat, to watch me crawl? I'll bet they didn't bring Nasir up here before they shot him."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "What a pity you could only die once."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Sure, I know I'm going to be shot, but not for running guns, but because I'm something special. I made a monkey out of you. I'm the guy that ran off with your girl."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "Don't you realize if I wanted you shot, you'd be in a ditch right now?"

• (Lee J. Cobb) "As far as I know he's reliable, but don't trust him."

• (Lee J. Cobb) "Last night we arrested one Nasir Saleem, a friend of yours. We have his full confession. The evidence against you is incontrovertible. Do you know the penalty?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Yeah, a slug in the head and a whole in the ground."

Humphrey Bogart as Harry Smith

• (Feisal) "You wish to buy some jewels?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "You got some good ones?"
• (Feisal) "Beautiful jewels fit for a dream of a girl, one who is different."
• (Nick Dennis) "Ah, they're all the same."
• (Feisal) "Oh, no, each new girl is different. With each new love a mist comes before the eyes, the pleasure you will have before the mist rises and you find out that she's like all the others."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "I don't know whether I'm too good for you, or you're too good for me."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "I sure thought you were a goner."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "Buying my freedom was your idea, I suppose."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Yes, it was."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "Why did you do it? I should think you'd want to see me out of the way."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I made a little money on the deal."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "I see."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I saved your life and you seem to resent it."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "I do."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Maybe you should have had me shot after all."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "I agree."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "For you; chartreuse."
• (Märta Torén) "I want to tell you why I came."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Whatever it is, it will look better through the bottom of this glass."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "It's a great life. You go around in a big circle and come right back to the beginning."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "You and your cruddy Syrian patriots."
• (Nick Dennis) "They were after Colonel Feroud."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "They almost got me."
• (Nick Dennis) "You eat with the French, you get what the French get."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "I've got a pass. I'm going to Cairo. You still want to go along? Oh, I can't show you as good a time as I could before because I'm broke. The French took all my money, but don't worry. As long as it keeps getting dark, I can always get some."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "You look like the kind of fella who might be married."
• (Major Jean Leon) "Yes. Matter of fact, I just celebrated a wedding anniversary."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Any kids?"
• (Major Jean Leon) "Just one. A boy."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "You gonna send him to St. Cyr?"
• (Major Jean Leon) "Yes, if he wants to be a soldier."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "That's fine. He'll follow in your footsteps. That's great. It's a great life. Nothing like handing it down to a bunch of kids. They'd break your neck if they knew what was coming."

Everett Sloane as Gen. LaSalle

• (Everett Sloane) "Do you think I like to slaughter civilians?"
• (Lee J. Cobb) "The Syrians will think so."
• (Everett Sloane) "They don't think. They're guerillas, bandits"
• (Lee J. Cobb) "They consider themselves patriots. We French came along with a mandate --"
• (Everett Sloane) "And they don't like it and they don't trust us. I know all that. And I know how to make them happy, too. Pack up my army and march out."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "Sir, if I may say so, there is another way. You could send me to see Emir Hassan."
• (Everett Sloane) "You never let go of an idea, do you?"
• (Lee J. Cobb) "It still isn't too late to arrange a truce."
• (Everett Sloane) "You'd only get your throat cut. You know what a butcher he is."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "I wonder what they'll call you after you execute those hostages."

• (Everett Sloane) "Why don't you say it? Go ahead and say it. This hostage business makes you want to vomit."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "On the contrary, General, I think it's an excellent idea, as far as it goes. But why shoot only five hostages? Why not ten, or even twenty for every soldier killed? In no time at all, you can have the whole population of Damascus lined up against the walls and you've ended all resistance."

• (Everett Sloane) "I have news for you, Colonel. Lt. Collet returned. Now I know where I stand."
• (Lee J. Cobb) "What did he say, sir?"
• (Everett Sloane) "He didn't say anything. He couldn't. His throat was cut. He was found in an alley collecting flies."

Zero Mostel as Balukjiaan

• (Zero Mostel) "Look how everybody's worried. Why worry? He asked us to come, we came. If he wants to do business, we do business. If he doesn't want to do business, we don't do business. Right?"
• (Merchant businessman) "Not right. Wrong. Wrong. What do we have to sell? Food. Since when does the Chief of Intelligence buy food for the Army?"
• (Zero Mostel) "Don't make me nervous."

• (The barber) "Get your big stomach out of my way."
• (Zero Mostel) "My poor stomach. Every little thing upsets it. Do you have any soda?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "What's the matter with your stomach?"
• (Zero Mostel) "It talks to me like my conscience."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "What does it say?"
• (Zero Mostel) "It says,"Levon, my lamb, why do you stay in this terrible town? Why don't you go away; far away?""

• (Zero Mostel) "Nasir, my little lamb, my sweet friend."
• (Nick Dennis) "We smelled you coming."
• (Zero Mostel) "Uh?"
• (Unnamed) "He said you smell like a goat."

David Bond as Achmet

• (David Bond) "What an oddity you are, Mr. Smith,; an American in Damascus. No morals. No political convictions."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I've had a few."
• (David Bond) "I find that difficult to believe."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I had a bellyful of them. I left them in the states with my first wife."
• (David Bond) "Isn't there anything you believe in?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "You mean right now? Sure."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I believe in this, and it's two thousand short."

Märta Torén as Violette

• (Märta Torén) "What a man. You're so ugly. Yes, you are. How can a man so ugly be so handsome?"

Onslow Stevens as Emir Hassan

• (Onslow Stevens) "We do not fight to win. You will win, but it will be a victory you will regret."

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