King Rat (1965)

James Fox: Pete Marlowe

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Quotes 

• Cpl. King : How's that chair feel?

  Peter Marlowe : Fine.

  Cpl. King : Cost me eighty bucks.

  Peter Marlowe : Did it? Yes, well I'd never have guessed.

  Cpl. King : You'da said more, huh?

  Peter Marlowe : No, I don't think so. I don't think I'd have said anything really. I've never been a great 'chair price guesser'.

• [Lt. Grey has come into King's hut while Marlowe is there] 

  Lt. Robin Grey : You're slumming aren't you, Marlowe?

  Peter Marlowe : Don't be a snob, old man. Never make a good policeman if you're a snob. Everyone looks the same with their knickers down.

• [last lines] 

  Peter Marlowe : [speaking about King]  It wouldn't have occurred to you would it, Grey, that you're only alive because of what he gave you?

  Lt. Robin Grey : What are you talking about? I never took anything from him. He never gave me anything.

  Peter Marlowe : Only hate, Grey. Only hate.

• [King asks Marlowe to say something in Malay] 

  Peter Marlowe : What sort of thing?

  Cpl. King : I don't care. Anything, I just wanna hear you.

  [Marlowe says a sentence in Malay] 

  Cpl. King : Hey, that's pretty good. You hear that, Max?

  [to Marlowe] 

  Cpl. King : What's that mean?

  Peter Marlowe : Well, it doesn't really have a literal translation. But, uh, roughly speaking, it means, "When do I have to kiss thee on the ass?"

  [all the other prisoners in the barracks turn and look] 

  Cpl. King : After the egg. Never before meals.

• Cpl. King : [Having served Marlowe a fried egg]  How 'bout that?

  Peter Marlowe : Not bad. Not bad at all.

  Cpl. King : [Looking slightly offended]  What the hell are you talking about? The egg ain't been laid that tastes better than that.

  Peter Marlowe : Don't get excited, Fortnum. When we say "not bad", we don't mean "not bad". We mean it's bloody marvelous.

  Cpl. King : Yeah? What do you mean when you say "it's bloody marvelous"?

  Peter Marlowe : Bit dicey.

  Cpl. King : Forget it.

• Peter Marlowe : [Very grateful]  You know there's nothing I can say.

  Cpl. King : Well, you could say I'm a genius... a. you could say that.

• Cpl. King : [displaying his footlocker laden with contraband]  You want an egg?

  Peter Marlowe : Excuse me, what's all this in aid of?

  Cpl. King : Do what?

  Peter Marlowe : I mean, people don't just give eggs away like that.

  Cpl. King : Well, I'm not people, am I, Max?

  Max : [grovelling and obsequious]  No, no, you're not people, King.

  Cpl. King : Do you want an egg or doncha?

  Peter Marlowe : Well, of course I want it!

  Cpl. King : Okay then, you got it. How do you like it?

  Peter Marlowe : [timidly]  Fried?

  Cpl. King : Okay, so you got yourself a fried egg.

  Peter Marlowe : You're not related to Fortnum and Mason by any chance?

  Cpl. King : Who are they?

  Peter Marlowe : It doesn't really matter. They run a little family grocery shop back home.

• Peter Marlowe : [as Weaver walks away]  I wish I had your nerve, Fortnum. I couldn't talk to him. I ran away, we all did. He was so real. It was too real! God, it's mad isnt it? It's over and we've survived. But it's still all mad. What did he say to you?

  Cpl. King : He just, uh, just asked me a few things.

  Peter Marlowe : Did he say, did he tell you anything?

  Cpl. King : Naw, nothing I didn't already know.

• Peter Marlowe : It's over, isn't it? It's not a mistake?

  Cpl. King : No, it's not a mistake. It's over. Forget it! You got the luck, man.

  Peter Marlowe : Forget it? Hey, listen, I'm talking to you! You called me "sir" last night. You call me "sir", and that's the second time you've walked away from me! The war's over. That's the only thing that's changed. You and me, we're still the same. Look, people don't change because the all-clear sounds, do they? I haven't changed. I'm not ashamed or embarrassed because you're my friend. We survived it! You and me! Don't you remember what we had? I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. Don't you remember that?

  Cpl. King : You worked for me a couple of times and I paid you for it. That's all we had.

  Peter Marlowe : Fortnum. Fortnum, friendship isn't a matter of a ten percent. Don't ask me to forget it all now. Please, not that! Otherwise, what's it all been in aid of? I'm not different.

  Cpl. King : But that's just you.