Villain (1971)

Richard Burton: Vic Dakin

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• [last lines] 

  [Vic Dakin has shot and killed Edgar Lowis because he thinks he has betrayed him. He tries to run but realises that the police have got the place surrounded so he walks up to Inspector Matthews and throws down his gun] 

  Bob Matthews : See them?

  [camera shows shots of various onlookers] 

  Bob Matthews : And them. And them. You can't put the frighteners on *all* of them. Not all the time.

  Vic Dakin : Why not?

  Bob Matthews : You call 'em punters. We call 'em witnesses.

  Vic Dakin : You know, if I looked at one of them, they'd piss in their pants. Because I'm Vic Dakin.

  Bob Matthews : Used to be.

  Vic Dakin : And who are you? What do *you* do? Keeping Britain clean on thirty quid a week. Respect! Respect! You don't know what it is. Unless you're Vic Dakin. Tell 'im, someone, tell 'im.

  [no-one says anything to support Vic] 

  Vic Dakin : A hundred witnesses. But only twelve men on the jury. You remember that. Only twelve men on the jury.

  [more shots of various onlookers and policemen, none of them looking scared] 

  Vic Dakin : [shouting angrily at the onlookers]  Who are you looking at?

• Vic Dakin : Frank, Frank. We're the boys, aren't we? Aren't we the boys. Always have been, ever since we were kids. Hardly got off our mother's tit when we had 'em quaking down in Hackney.

• Bob Matthews : I don't know what you're hoping to achieve, except perhaps an orgasm.

  Vic Dakin : Don't be a burke all your life. Take a day off, Sergeant.

  Bob Matthews : Inspector.

  Vic Dakin : Oh it's come through, has it? That's nice. Bit more on your widow's pension.

• Duncan : It's not our sort... It's not your sort... What I mean is... A bit of robbery these days, I mean, you can't tell.

  Vic Dakin : We're being very erudite today, aren't we? Bit of blazing eloquence there.

• Vic Dakin : No need to collect off Danny for a couple of weeks - reward initiative.

• Brown : I'm a clerk, and a clerk, Mr Bellamy, is nothing now. Oh just before the war he was important, he gave the orders, he was the one who could rise to 400 a year, little modest saloon by the time he was 40. Your working man stayed at 3 quid a week. Not now, and my wife knows it - she says to our kid, you won't be a failure like your father.

  Vic Dakin : Sounds like a right cow.

• Vic Dakin : Very nice car, Terry. Very good steel.

• Vic Dakin : Boxed in and buggered! What is it?

  Frank Fletcher : Toys, Vic, just toys!

• Vic Dakin : Fancy living here.

  Webb : Nice and quiet.

  Vic Dakin : Stupid punters. Telly all the week, screw the wife Saturday.

• Vic Dakin : Pick 'im up, pick 'im up!

• Vic Dakin : Go and make a phone call, Terry.

  Terry : Who to?

  Vic Dakin : Your fairy-sodding-godmother - I don't know.

• Vic Dakin : Why don't you go make a cup of tea?

• [Vic has cut Benny's throat and left him dangling from a balcony. His blood starts to drip onto the pavement below and some falls on Vic as he leaves] 

  Vic Dakin : Bleeding pigeons.

• Vic Dakin : Drinking, whoring, gambling, pathetic... pathetic... pathetic.

• [Vic's gang have kidnapped Edgar from hospital] 

  Vic Dakin : He doesn't seem glad to see us. I mean, there's no enthusiasm. We sprung you, didn't we? Aren't you glad to be out? I mean, where's your gratitude?

  Edgar Lowis : I'm sick, Vic. They were going to operate.

  Vic Dakin : *I'll* operate.

  [Vic walks towards Edgar and opens his pyjama jacket] 

  Vic Dakin : If you don't tell me where that money is in ten seconds, I'll open you OUT!

• Brown : I haven't said anything. I wouldn't. I mean, you've no worries from me - from this end.

  Vic Dakin : I'm sure you haven't, Mr Brown. I just want to impress on you not to get too silly - not to do anything heroic.

  Brown : You know me. No fear.

  Vic Dakin : I just wanted to IMPRESS upon you.

  [Vic punches Mr Brown in the stomach and then starts kicking him viciously]