Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Alan Ladd: Dr. James Calder
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Quotes
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : May I remind you of Paragraph 9 of the Penal Code of Greece:
[reading from a book]
Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : "Any and all objects of a historical value cannot under any circumstances be removed from Greek territory or territorial waters. They...
Victor Parmalee : [quoting by memory] ... they are to be considered the property of the Greek nation." Yes, Jim, I know all about Greek Paragraph 9. *I'm* the reason they wrote it!
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : What do you expect? Every thief and crook in Europe is in hijacking the great works of Greece to fill the museums of the rest of the world.
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : You meet me at the Taverna and if you're a real good girl, I'll buy you a drink.
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : I hate to see you go to jail, Victor.
Victor Parmalee : As sentimentality is still your most enduring weakness, Jim, keep it up.
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : You're the prettiest girl that ever lived under a windmill.
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : I threw away the only thing that mattered for something that will never matter.
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Dr. James 'Jim' Calder : It worked out well, didn't it? You smile, you dance, I watch. Rhif meets Parmalee. You've got a nice smile, Phaedra. You dance well. Just thought I'd tell you that. Don't ask me to shake your hand. It's too dirty!
Phaedra : And your hand, Dr. Calder? When you dig in earth, it's never dirty because - because you don't have to dig. You're a famous archaeologic man. You do not shine shoes or work in a windmill - or dive for sponges and break your lungs. You are an American. And if you had found the statue, you would have taken glory. Yes! But, not change Niko's life or Raif's or Dr. Hawkins' life by one piece of bread!
