Bold Venture (TV Series)
Guns at Tortuga Bay (1959)
Bernie Gozier: King Moses
Quotes
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[discussing Sailor Duval]
King Moses : She'd make you a fine wife, Mr. Slate.
Slate Shannon : Oh, my, what a fine mess of fish.
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[discussing a missing hotel guest]
King Moses : Mr. Slate, I know where Mr. Anderson went.
Slate Shannon : Oh?
King Moses : I was outside when he ordered a cab. He asked the cabbie a question and the cabbie gave him an answer.
Sailor Duval : Let me guess. Question: Where can a fella have a time in this town? Answer: Tina's Palace of Fun.
Slate Shannon : And how would you know that, my pretty maid?
Sailor Duval : Oh, I've heard it chuckled about, I have.
Slate Shannon : You have, huh? Would you like to go take a look?
Sailor Duval : Oh, I want to!
Slate Shannon : Figures. Well, get your bib and tucker - I'm taking you dancing.
Sailor Duval : Bib and tucker... Have you seen my tucker? No. No, I know where it is. Don't move. I know where my tucker is. Don't move. No. Yes, yes, I do.
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[discussing Mrs. Anderson]
King Moses : Lady Sailor, I think she's lonely.
Sailor Duval : Who isn't?
King Moses : And I think she weeps without tears.
Sailor Duval : Well, that's the toughest kind of crying. Take it from an old crybaby.
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King Moses : Mr. Slate will soon come back.
Sailor Duval : How? With his toothbone disconnected from his headbone, his armbone in a sling and a black-and-blue eyeball?
King Moses : One thing about Mr. Slate - he knows who to go to for first aid.
Sailor Duval : Me, huh?
[King Moses grins and nods]
Sailor Duval : Well, that's all I am to him - a nurse.
King Moses : No - much more.