It Started in Naples (1960)

Clark Gable: Michael Hamilton

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• Michael Hamilton : How are people supposed to sleep on this island?

  Cafe Waiter : Together!

• Michael Hamilton : [looking to get into Vitale's small, 2-seat car with a rumble seat]  Do we just get in or do they pack us in with olive oil?

• Michael Hamilton : You are half American, you know.

  Nando Hamilton : You don't tell nobody; I don't tell nobody. I got enough trouble.

• Nando Hamilton : Hey, Mike.

  Michael Hamilton : Yeah?

  Nando Hamilton : You're crazy.

  Michael Hamilton : Not crazy enough. That's my problem.

• Michael Hamilton : When a man's been a bachelor as long as I have, marriage is neither a convenience nor a necessity. It's just a means of reducing the tax rate.

• Mario Vitale : [as he backs his mini car up]  Uh, please - your knee's in the way.

  Michael Hamilton : Why don't we all get out and carry it?

• Mario Vitale : A man of great stature - your brother Mr. Joseph Hamilton. A gentleman in the real sense of the word... in the whole sense of the word.

  Michael Hamilton : My brother was a lazy, irresponsible, no-good so and so... in any sense of the word. Unless he changed a lot in the last few years.

  Mario Vitale : No. Not at all.

• Michael Hamilton : Five thousand miles to meet Pinocchio.

• Michael Hamilton : [Talking about his brother, Joe, leaving his wife]  When he left 10 years ago, he told her he was just going out for a short beer.

  Mario Vitale : I'm sure he had one.

• Michael Hamilton : You speak English?

  Man on dock : This is Capri, signore.

  Michael Hamilton : Uh, where's the 8:15 boat to Naples?

  Man on dock : There's no boat at 8:15 - last boat at seven o'clock.

  Michael Hamilton : The schedule says it leaves at 8:15.

  Man on dock : Yes - schedule is wrong. Everybody knows. You want a nice room tonight? Pension Belmare - I get you good price. My cousin owns.

  Michael Hamilton : Oh, I'll bet your cousin prints the schedule too, no?

  Man on dock : No - is me.

• Michael Hamilton : I've been a very selfish man all my life. So, I understand many things. Why can't we both be unselfish for once?

• Nando Hamilton : Look, uncle, I no can go away from Lucia.

  Michael Hamilton : Call me Mike.

  Nando Hamilton : Mike, Nando go away, Lucia get into trouble. Easy for Lucia to get into trouble. You capaci, Mike?

  Michael Hamilton : Yeah, I think I capici.

  Nando Hamilton : Lucia - she not very smart. But very pretty. You see - trouble?

  Michael Hamilton : I think she can take care of herself.

  Nando Hamilton : No. A girl all alone on Capri, everybody talk. I don't want everybody talk about Lucia. So I stay, okay? Okay! You nice guy.

• Michael Hamilton : [Opening his billfold]  All right. I knew we'd get down to this.

  Lucia Curcio : Oh, there are some things the American dollar cannot buy, Mr. Hamilton. Not many, but some.

• Michael Hamilton : What are you trying to do?

  Mario Vitale : I must say a few kind things about Miss Curcio. I must win the confidence of the court that I am an open-minded man.

  Michael Hamilton : You're not supposed to be open-minded. You're supposed to be my lawyer. And keep your eyes off of her. And ask for permission to speak in English.

  Mario Vitale : As you wish. But I'm not half as effective in English, huh.

  Michael Hamilton : That's my only hope.

• Michael Hamilton : I'm trying to get a home and education for a kid I happen to like, and the whole Roman Empire's falling on me.

• Michael Hamilton : Is this it?

  Nando Hamilton : Si!

  Michael Hamilton : Villa del Palazzo Real?

  Nando Hamilton : Si, Villa Pala Real. Two hundred years old.

  Michael Hamilton : It doesn't look a day over a hundred and 99.

• Michael Hamilton : [in court]  Ask for permission to speak in English.

  Mario Vitale : As you wish. But I'm not half as effective in English.

  Michael Hamilton : That's my only hope.

• Lucia Curcio : But you see, he got a passion for them, you understand? He did nothing but shoot off fireworks for his own amusement.

  Nando Hamilton : And I would help. Beautiful!

  Lucia Curcio : So beautiful, no one could afford to buy them. He was an artist.

  Michael Hamilton : Mmm, in spades. Well, so much for the money.

• Michael Hamilton : You see, I didn't find out what happened to Joe for over a year. Well, he never wrote, only when he needed money. And, since my law firm represents one of the largest banks in Philadelphia, he figured I could send samples.

• Michael Hamilton : Now, I'd like to know what happened to all that money. And, as a representative of his heirs, I'd...

  Lucia Curcio : You would like to collect the snakes, and the Golden Rim and the Rain of the Stars...

  [Names of fireworks] 

  Michael Hamilton : What?

  Lucia Curcio : And the double catering wheel... .Didn't you know? The money you sent your brother - he invested it in, um, fuochi d'artificio... . fireworks.

  Michael Hamilton : Fireworks?

  Lucia Curcio : Mm hm, fireworks!

• Michael Hamilton : You mean I loaned my brother over $14,000 for Roman candles?

  Nando Hamilton : Bellisimo! The finest in all the world - my father's fireworks.

• Woman in bar : Hello. Would you like to buy me a drink?

  Michael Hamilton : Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm just here on business.

  Woman in bar : So am I.

  Michael Hamilton : Not tonight. I'm trying to quit.

• Lucia Curcio : [Speaking to Mario Vitale]  But who can speak to you? You're not Neapolitan. You have no soul. You have sold yourself to America.

  [She goes away crying] 

  Luigi : [to Vitale]  Pig!

  Michael Hamilton : I've forgotten. Who won the Academy award this year?

• Other train passenger : Where you going?

  Michael Hamilton : No speak de English.

• Michael Hamilton : [after Vitale presents his case in Italian, with he and Lucia almost fawning over one another]  What the devil is he saying? What's going on?

  Other man at court table : Ah, he has the grand manner - the old style. He is a great lawyer. Great lawyer! Don't worry. The young lady has put herself in good hands.

  Michael Hamilton : The young lady? He's supposed to be my lawyer.