The Burglars (1971)
Jean-Paul Belmondo: Azad
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Quotes
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Abel Zacharia : I chase petty crooks like you. I take all those risks for $300 a month. Don't you find that outrageous?
Azad : You have fringe benefits. You race around in your car. You sit at whatever table you want. You don't pay in restaurants. It all adds up.
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Azad : We've each got a job to do. You want to do both. That makes complications.
Abel Zacharia : Not at all, it's very simple. I play both sides. If things go wrong, I start acting like a policeman again.
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Lena Gripp's : Would you like to pose? We're looking for a man.
Azad : I have one principal: never try to replace the professional.
Lena Gripp's : Right. But, it doesn't mean you can't get educated.
Azad : Who is the teacher?
Lena Gripp's : Follow the leader.
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Abel Zacharia : Goodbye, Mister... Mister?
Azad : Azad. It happens to mean "free" in certain language.
Abel Zacharia : My name is Abel Zacharia. It means nothing at all.
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Abel Zacharia : [after the 9 minute car chase] You know there's a speed limit in this town?
Azad : Sorry. I'm a foreigner. I can't read signs in your language.
Abel Zacharia : Numbers are the same in every language. We are very lenient with foreigners. As long as they don't go too far. Do you know how fast you were going?
Azad : 20? 30? 40? 50? Don't tell me I was doing 60 - right in the middle of town?
Abel Zacharia : You were doing 90.
Azad : Oh, my foot must have got wedged on the accelerator.
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Azad : What do you get in this country for killing a dirty bastard?
Abel Zacharia : You get hanged. I get a medal - posthumously. They always catch a cop-killer.
Azad : That's the risk I take.
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Azad : [after viewing Lena's nude photoshoot in "Eros" magazine] Does it pay well?
Lena Gripp's : It depends on the photographer.
Azad : If I was the photographer...
Lena Gripp's : But, you're not. The way you look at me your pictures would be out of focus.
Azad : Ah, I can dream, can't I?
Lena Gripp's : No, you can't. I'm only for sale at the news stand.
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Azad : Doesn't it bother you to pose bare - like that?
Lena Gripp's : No. You know, two years ago I only showed my legs and that was shocking. Now, I show more and it shocks less. It's really weird, isn't it?
Azad : People used to read these in hot little rooms, alone, with their hot little imaginations. Now, the cry is for sex in public. That's what shocks me.
Lena Gripp's : Oh, now come on. As pleasures go, you know, drinking leads to the DTs and drugs lead to the psycho ward; but, sex - I mean, sex merely leads to an act of love.
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Abel Zacharia : I came unarmed.
Azad : That was your mistake.
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Abel Zacharia : In the name of the law, I place you under arrest.
Azad : Up your's.
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Lena Gripp's : I just know you're one helluva man.
Azad : And I just know you're one helluva bitch.
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Azad : The first time I saw you, I should have known. I've been had - like a tourist. All I need is a camera around my neck.