The Burglars (1971)

Omar Sharif: Commissaire Abel Zacharia

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• Abel Zacharia : I chase petty crooks like you. I take all those risks for $300 a month. Don't you find that outrageous?

  Azad : You have fringe benefits. You race around in your car. You sit at whatever table you want. You don't pay in restaurants. It all adds up.

• Azad : We've each got a job to do. You want to do both. That makes complications.

  Abel Zacharia : Not at all, it's very simple. I play both sides. If things go wrong, I start acting like a policeman again.

• Abel Zacharia : Goodbye, Mister... Mister?

  Azad : Azad. It happens to mean "free" in certain language.

  Abel Zacharia : My name is Abel Zacharia. It means nothing at all.

• Abel Zacharia : [after the 9 minute car chase]  You know there's a speed limit in this town?

  Azad : Sorry. I'm a foreigner. I can't read signs in your language.

  Abel Zacharia : Numbers are the same in every language. We are very lenient with foreigners. As long as they don't go too far. Do you know how fast you were going?

  Azad : 20? 30? 40? 50? Don't tell me I was doing 60 - right in the middle of town?

  Abel Zacharia : You were doing 90.

  Azad : Oh, my foot must have got wedged on the accelerator.

• Azad : What do you get in this country for killing a dirty bastard?

  Abel Zacharia : You get hanged. I get a medal - posthumously. They always catch a cop-killer.

  Azad : That's the risk I take.

• [repeated line] 

  Abel Zacharia : Where are the emeralds?

• Abel Zacharia : I came unarmed.

  Azad : That was your mistake.

• Abel Zacharia : In the name of the law, I place you under arrest.

  Azad : Up your's.