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Quotes from The Black Swan (1942)

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Tyrone Power
Jamie: I always sample a bottle of wine before I buy it. Let's have a sip, see if you're worth taking along.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
Jamie: In Tortuga when a woman slaps a man's face, it means she wants him to grab her, over-power her, and smother her with kisses. I understand in Jamaica a gentleman must refuse such overtures.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
Jamie: You can lower your pistols, Lady Margaret.
Lady Margaret Denby: Unfortunately, I have no pistols.
Jamie: Your eyes. I've looked into pistol barrels that are warmer.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Laird Cregar
Capt. Sir Henry Morgan: I wish my nature hadn't changed. I'd have made that whole assembly walk the plank.
- Laird Cregar (as Capt. Sir Henry Morgan) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
[Don Miguel's interrogation of Jamie Waring is interrupted by the sound of cannon fire]
Don Miguel: What is that?
Jamie: The devil looking after his own!
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Thomas Mitchell
[newly-appointed governor of Jamaica Sir Henry Morgan, Jamie Waring, and Tommy Blue arrive at the seemingly deserted Government House]
Jamie: The occasion seems a little lacking in enthusiasm, Henry.
Capt. Sir Henry Morgan: I imagined we'd meet with some slight disapproval.
Tom 'Tommy' Blue: At least we don't have to shoot our way in.
- Thomas Mitchell (as Tom 'Tommie' Blue) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
[to Lady Margaret}
Jamie: If you want to eat behind my back, I promise not to notice it.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
[upon seeing Lady Magaret for the very first time}
Jamie: Captain's share gentlemen -- I bespeak it!
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
Jamie: I always sample a bottle of wine before I buy it. Let's have a sip, see if you're worth taking along.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)

Tyrone Power
Jamie: Can't go wrong drowning politicians, Henry.
- Tyrone Power (as Jamie Waring) in The Black Swan (1942)