Brass Target (1978)

Max von Sydow: Shelley Martin Webber

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Quotes 

• Shelley Martin Webber : You accept the commission?

  Herr Schroeder : It will be difficult... but I cannot resist.

  [starts to chuckle] 

  Shelley Martin Webber : Just one more thing, Herr Schroeder: I have very little time.

  Herr Schroeder : We have that in common, my friend.

• Maj. Joe De Lucca : The war was made-to-order for you, Martin. You stole from both sides with equal grace.

  Shelley Martin Webber : Listen, which was the greater immorality? My petty crimes, or the war itself?

  Maj. Joe De Lucca : "Petty crimes"? You're lucky you weren't shot!

• Shelley Martin Webber : [Naming his price for the "hit," after taking a look in the dossier and seeing who the intended target is: Gen. George S. Patton]  Five hundred thousand American dollars.

  Col. Mike McCauley : [silent pause]  For that, I'd do it myself.

  Shelley Martin Webber : [shrugs indifferently]  Auf Wiedersehen.

  Col. Mike McCauley : [Webber makes to leave, but McCauley, reconsidering, stops him]  How much?

  Shelley Martin Webber : [Very matter-of-factly]  I never bargain. You wish a man killed. I didn't ask you why. I'm sure you will profit. But *I* must also benefit from my silence. So you pay in advance, 500 thousand in small bills.

  Col. Mike McCauley : Everything you need is here in the briefcase. Background information, habits, staff... everything.

  Shelley Martin Webber : When?

  Col. Mike McCauley : As soon as possible.

  Shelley Martin Webber : December - sometime in December.

  Col. Mike McCauley : It must look like an accident.

  Shelley Martin Webber : It will.