The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Hugh Griffith: Rabbi

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• Inspector Trout : Uh, the-these 10 curses, would they follow any particular order?

  Rabbi : Oh, w... that is a point that Talmudic scholars have debated for generations, but there is no doubt that the classical tradition is, uh: the curse of boils, bats, frogs, the curse of blood, the curse of rats, hail, of beasts, the locusts of course, the death of the firstborn, and then, finally, of darkness.

  Inspector Trout : Darkness, Rabbi?

  Rabbi : Yes. The final curse upon the land, to end forever the sleep of man.

• Inspector Trout : But, uh, all this would just be myth of course, sir?

  Rabbi : Oh, I think not.

  Inspector Trout : No?

  Rabbi : No. There is little doubt that the plagues did occur, though so distant now as to seem a myth.

• Rabbi : Part of the G'tach.

  Inspector Trout : The what, sir?

  Rabbi : The G'tach - the 10 curses visited upon the Pharaohs before the Exodus.

• Inspector Trout : Well, what form would the curses take, sir?

  Rabbi : Such as the, uh, curse of boils, of bats...

  Inspector Trout : Frogs?

  Rabbi : Frogs, yes. And the curse of blood.

  Inspector Trout : I see, sir, yes, I see.