Lisbon (1956)
Ray Milland: Capt. Robert John Evans
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Quotes
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Sylvia Merrill : I've never met Mr. Avros.
Capt. Robert John Evans : I have and I don't nothing about him.
Sylvia Merrill : What was your impression?
Capt. Robert John Evans : [almost shouting] A CROOK!
Sylvia Merrill : I know that... but is he a reliable crook?
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Capt. Robert John Evans : [to Maria, after unexpected kiss] Take it easy catnip! I have a very low boiling point...
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Capt. Robert John Evans : Have you been eating garlic?
Maria Maddalena Masanet : In the sausage there is a soupçon of garlic.
Capt. Robert John Evans : In the garlic there is a soupçon of sausage.
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Aristides Mavros : I understand that you have a fast boat, Captain?
Capt. Robert John Evans : That's right - a converted MTB.
Aristides Mavros : I also understand that you're a smuggler. True?
Capt. Robert John Evans : That would be an inadmissible truth if true.
Aristides Mavros : I'm not a policeman Captain Evans. Won't you sit down?
Capt. Robert John Evans : Thank you. What's on your mind?
Aristides Mavros : I have need of a fast boat, and of a man who is not lacking in discretion. The compensation would not be insubstantial.
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Inspector João Casimiro Fonseca : It could be so many things - diamonds, watches, cameras, tobacco, perfume - to mention only a few of the less innocuous items of contraband.
Capt. Robert John Evans : What makes you people so sure that I deal in contraband?
Inspector João Casimiro Fonseca : We are not without resources. This 'Orca' has been reported to us from practically all the free ports in the Mediterranean, where such luxuries may be acquired at a low price.
Capt. Robert John Evans : . Perplexing, isn't it?
Inspector João Casimiro Fonseca : Why else would you burn all that petrol?
Capt. Robert John Evans : I'm a fisherman.
Inspector João Casimiro Fonseca : A fisherman who never catches a fish?
Capt. Robert John Evans : Well, I'm unlucky.