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Film Quotes by Burt Lancaster

145 quotes
The Train
Year: 1964

Director:
John Frankenheimer*Arthur Penn
Labiche: Thank you.
Christine: I don't want your thanks. If they'd caught me helping you, I would have been shot.
Labiche: I know. I'm sorry.
Christine: You think you can just run in and out of here and make trouble? I run a hotel, not a madhouse. Who's going to pay for the door? Who's going to pay for the lock? Do you think money grows on trees?
Labiche: There's a war...
Christine: You talk about the war. I talk about what it costs!
Labiche: I'll be leaving in a few hours. You can go back to your good customers.
Christine: They pay. That's what I'm in business for.
Labiche: You should be paid. How much for the damage?
Christine: One hundred francs.
[He pays her.]
Labiche: How much for saving my life?
-- Burt Lancaster (as Labiche) in The Train (1964)
The Train
Year: 1964

Director:
John Frankenheimer*Arthur Penn
Labiche: Where are the Allies?
Resistance leader: It has been arranged for a French division to reach Paris first. A gesture.
Labiche: Gesture! They can make gestures! Let them make one for Pesquet, or Jacques! That kid of Lefèvre's... he'd appreciate a gesture.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Labiche) in The Train (1964)
The Train
Year: 1964

Director:
John Frankenheimer*Arthur Penn
Labiche: You crazy bastard.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Labiche) in The Train (1964)
Castle Keep
Year: 1969

Director:
Sydney Pollack
Maj. Abraham Falconer: I warned you about thinking, Beckman!
-- Burt Lancaster (as Maj. Abraham Falconer) in Castle Keep (1969)
Castle Keep
Year: 1969

Director:
Sydney Pollack
Maj. Abraham Falconer: What do you see out there, Beckman?
Capt. Lionel Beckman: No Krauts yet!
Maj. Abraham Falconer: You never will. You're a dreamer, Beckman. They'll get you first!
-- Burt Lancaster (as Maj. Abraham Falconer) in Castle Keep (1969)
Castle Keep
Year: 1969

Director:
Sydney Pollack
Maj. Abraham Falconer: When the German tanks get here, we'll have a reception. They're brave sons of bitches, and we should not allow their heroic actions to go unsung. They should all have a cocktail!
Red Queen: Cocktail?
Maj. Abraham Falconer: Cognac bottle filled with gasoline.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Maj. Abraham Falconer) in Castle Keep (1969)
Apache
Year: 1954

Director:
Robert Aldrich
Massai: And there is no place in Massai's life for love. Love is for men who can walk without looking behind. For men who can live summer and winter in the same place.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Massai) in Apache (1954)
Apache
Year: 1954

Director:
Robert Aldrich
Massai: I cannot stop fighting. I am the last real Apache in all the world...except for the little one to be.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Massai) in Apache (1954)
Apache
Year: 1954

Director:
Robert Aldrich
Massai: I must hunt with the bow again. I may not be back tonight.
Nalinle: You will come back?
Massai: You know I would not leave my rifle.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Massai) in Apache (1954)
Apache
Year: 1954

Director:
Robert Aldrich
Massai: You are very silent.
Nalinle: There are times when words come hard to a woman.
Massai: Not often.
-- Burt Lancaster (as Massai) in Apache (1954)