The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

Rory Calhoun: Dario

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Quotes 

• Mirte : [seductively]  I can grant your most secret desire.

  Darios : Which one?

• Darios : [after seeing a court servant die from drinking poison]  Somehow I've lost my desire for wine.

  [he pours his wine out onto the floor] 

• Darios : This perfume, what is it Uncle?

  Lissipu : Roses, my son. Rhodes is also the island of flowers.

  Darios : And beautiful women, from what I can see.

  Lissipu : In Rhodes, even the women have a special fragrance. A mixture made out of sunshine, petals of flowers, the sea...

  Darios : And flesh.

• Darios : Safety? There is no safety.

• Darios : Your cheek is - fresh as a morning dew. Your ear - a flower about to bud.

  Diala : And my lips?

  Darios : Your lips...

• Lissipu : Not even an earthquake prevents you from courting a woman.

  Darios : My dear Uncle, she's not just a woman. She's my woman.

• Darios : Beautiful. A marvelous garden. Of course, the enchantment of nature is always enhanced by the presence of a lovely lady.

  Diala : Mmm. Now you sound like a poet. I shall have to be quite careful.

• [last lines] 

  Darios : There's a lot of work to be done. After all, this is the island of peace.