Film Quotes by Sam Jaffe
10 quotes
Year: 1950
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Doc Riedenschneider:
Let's not stop. Wait till we get out of town, when we can do everything at once. Have a little meal, beer, a cigar. Go in comfort.
Frank Schurz, taxi driver: I can see you're a man who likes his pleasures.
Doc Riedenschneider: Well, Franz, what else is there in life, I ask you?
Frank Schurz, taxi driver: I can see you're a man who likes his pleasures.
Doc Riedenschneider: Well, Franz, what else is there in life, I ask you?
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider)
in
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Doc Riedenschneider:
One way or another, we all work for our vice.
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider)
in
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Doc Riedenschneider:
That copper, he recognized me.
Cobby: How'd you know he was a copper?
Doc Riedenschneider: I can smell one a block off.
Cobby: Oh, don't worry about Ditrich. He's on my payroll. Practically a partner. Me and him, we're like that.
[Cobby holds up his index and middle finger]
Doc Riedenschneider: Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.
Cobby: How'd you know he was a copper?
Doc Riedenschneider: I can smell one a block off.
Cobby: Oh, don't worry about Ditrich. He's on my payroll. Practically a partner. Me and him, we're like that.
[Cobby holds up his index and middle finger]
Doc Riedenschneider: Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider)
in
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Year: 1948
Dr. Francis Hunter:
[In an alcoholic haze to Mike] You'll spoil the rhythm of Dr. Hunter's famous prescription for pickling the heart: one injection every 15 minutes.
[He finishes a shot of whiskey, and the bartender pours him three more]
Dr. Francis Hunter: The rhythm is very important.
[He finishes a shot of whiskey, and the bartender pours him three more]
Dr. Francis Hunter: The rhythm is very important.
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Dr. Francis Hunter)
in
Rope of Sand
(1948)
Year: 1968
Director:
Henri Verneuil
Director:
Henri Verneuil
Father Joseph:
My son, here. Put this on - it will protect you from the sun.
[Father hands Leon a cowl with a cross on the back]
Leon Alastray: Ha? Thank you.
Father Joseph: ...and who knows? Perhaps it will bring you a little faith!
Leon Alastray: Faith? Oh, I had plenty of faith the other night. Hey, priest - you wanna hear my confession?
[clasps hands in mock prayer]
Father Joseph: No, thank you!
Leon Alastray: Come on - it'll make you feel 10 years younger!
[laughs lewdly]
Father Joseph: ...or perhaps older!
[Father hands Leon a cowl with a cross on the back]
Leon Alastray: Ha? Thank you.
Father Joseph: ...and who knows? Perhaps it will bring you a little faith!
Leon Alastray: Faith? Oh, I had plenty of faith the other night. Hey, priest - you wanna hear my confession?
[clasps hands in mock prayer]
Father Joseph: No, thank you!
Leon Alastray: Come on - it'll make you feel 10 years younger!
[laughs lewdly]
Father Joseph: ...or perhaps older!
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Father Joseph)
in
La Bataille de San Sebastian
(1968)
Year: 1934
Director:
Josef von Sternberg
Director:
Josef von Sternberg
Grand Duke Peter:
I want to play with my toys!
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Grand Duke Peter)
in
The Scarlet Empress
(1934)
Year: 1937
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
High Lama:
I wanted to meet the Conway who in one of his books said: "There are moments in every mans life, when he glimpses the eternal". That Conway seemed to belong here.
--
Sam Jaffe
(as High Lama)
in
Lost Horizon
(1937)
Year: 1947
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Mayor Galimard:
There will be reprisals!
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Mayor Galimard)
in
13 Rue Madeleine
(1947)
Year: 1959
Director:
William Wyler
Director:
William Wyler
Simonides:
Judah-Ben Hur! You've come back to us like a returning faith! Oh Judah, I should like to laugh again. Let us laugh!
Judah Ben-Hur: We will laugh.
Simonides: There will be joy again in this house! We will celebrate! Among the dust and cobwebs...
[Simonides sobs]
Judah Ben-Hur: We will laugh.
Simonides: There will be joy again in this house! We will celebrate! Among the dust and cobwebs...
[Simonides sobs]
Year: 1947
Director:
Elia Kazan
Director:
Elia Kazan
Professor Fred Lieberman:
Millions of people nowadays are religious only in the vaguest sense. I've often wondered why the Jews among them still go on calling themselves Jews. Do you know, Mr. Green?
Phil Green: No, but I'd like to.
Professor Fred Lieberman: Because the world still makes it an advantage not to be one. Thus it becomes a matter of pride to go on calling ourselves Jews.
Phil Green: No, but I'd like to.
Professor Fred Lieberman: Because the world still makes it an advantage not to be one. Thus it becomes a matter of pride to go on calling ourselves Jews.
--
Sam Jaffe
(as Professor Fred Lieberman)
in
Gentleman's Agreement
(1947)