The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Vincent Price: Dr. Anton Phibes
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Quotes
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Dr. Anton Phibes : I will have killed nine times in my life, Dr. Vesalius. How many murders can be attributed to you?
Dr. Vesalius : None! I did not kill your wife!
Dr. Anton Phibes : No?
Dr. Vesalius : I tried to save her.
Dr. Anton Phibes : With a knife in your hands? Doctor, I have no faith in your profession! I was told, after my crash, that I would never speak again. The doctors were, of course, wrong, for as you see and can hear, I have used my knowledge of music and acoustics to re-create my voice!
Dr. Vesalius : You don't have to remind me of your ingenuity, Dr. Phibes. WHERE... WHERE IS MY SON?
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Dr. Anton Phibes : My love, sweet queen and noble wife, I alone remain to bring delivery of your pain. Severed, my darling, too quickly from this life. Of fires drawn and memories met, I shall hold our two hearts again in single time.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [on the phone to Vesalius after kidnapping his son] Nine killed her; nine shall die!
Dr. Vesalius : Is that you, Phibes? Phibes! Phibes!
Dr. Anton Phibes : Eight have died, soon to be nine! Nine eternities in doom!
Dr. Vesalius : Phibes, I must see you. Where are you, Phibes? I must speak... PHIBES! WHERE IS MY SON, PHIBES?
Dr. Anton Phibes : The organ plays till midnight! The large house in Maldene Square. Come alone!
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Dr. Vesalius : Your wife, no, Phibes, but *you* I *will* kill!
Dr. Anton Phibes : But you can't, Doctor: I-AM-AL-REA-DY... DEAD. Your son needs you.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : Where can we find two better hemispheres, without sharp north, without declining west? My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, and true plain hearts do in thee faces rest. Within twenty-four hours, my work will be finished, and then, my precious jewel, I will join you in your setting. We shall be reunited forever in a secluded corner of the great elysian field of the beautiful beyond!
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Dr. Anton Phibes : Perhaps your hands will shake and he, too, will die under your knife. A few remaining minutes are all you have, because when the acid reaches him, he will have a face like mine!
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Dr. Vesalius : God's sake!
Dr. Anton Phibes : Don't cry upon God, Dr. Vesalius. He is on my side! He led me, showed me the way in my quest for vengeance.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [from the film's theatrical trailer] What lovely music for a murder... or two... or three... or nine.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [from the film's theatrical trailer] Are you ready for Dr. Phibes? Hmm?
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Dr. Anton Phibes : Vulnavia, my work is nearly finished. Go now. Destroy all I have created.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : You will see your son under circumstances which may bring back memories to you.
[lights brighten up in a room seen through a glass floor; in it lies Vesalius' son Lem on a table, at best unconscious]
Dr. Vesalius : What is it you want?
Dr. Anton Phibes : The skill of your hands, Doctor. I am giving your son the same chance that my wife had. You need not be alarmed. He has already been anaesthetized.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : Work faster, Doctor! The acid is descending! My wife existed only six minutes on the operating table, and then she was dead. You murdered her...
Dr. Vesalius : No!
Dr. Anton Phibes : *MURDERED HER*... But *he* will have what *she* did not: a second chance!
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Dr. Anton Phibes : My love, my sweet queen, my noble wife, severed too quickly, too cruelly from this life, I remain and suffer to bring delivery of your pain. Of fires drawn and of memories met, soon we shall hold our two precious hearts in single time.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : Nine killed you. Nine shall die and be returned your loss. Nine times, nine! Nine killed you! Nine shall die! Nine eternities in DOOM!
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [from the film's theatrical trailer] Dr. Phibes, who samples the finer things of life in his own imitable way and experiments with fascinating instruments of death.
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [from the film's theatrical release poster: "Love means never having to say you're ugly."]
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Dr. Anton Phibes : [from the film's theatrical trailer] Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to meet a dear friend.
