Mafia (1968)

Franco Nero: Capt. Bellodi

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• Capt. Bellodi : A fool. It's very important not to be a fool. A fool is almost as bad as being a cuckold - but a cuckold is the worst of all.

• Capt. Bellodi : Has someone threatened you?

  Rosa Nicolosi : My husband has a clean record.

  Capt. Bellodi : I know. I know, but it's difficult to look for a needle in a haystack - and your husband, in Sicily, is like a needle.

• Capt. Bellodi : You're saying that you don't talk because the killers are still on the loose - but the killers are on the loose because you won't talk!

• Capt. Bellodi : Why did she marry?

  Police Sergeant : She got pregnant at 16 years old.

• Capt. Bellodi : Who is this lover?

  Police Sergeant : Well, they didn't say but it's clear it's not Rosa's first time.

  Capt. Bellodi : It's probably a woman who's been gossiping.

• Capt. Bellodi : What can you find very cheap here in Sicily? What thing can be found at street corners or on the stalls?

  Police Sergeant : I don't know.

  Capt. Bellodi : Honor. Honor, Marshal! It's the answer to it all. We must look for Nicolosi at once and pull those horns off his head!

• Capt. Bellodi : Maybe at this moment your husband needs help - a lot of help. And what's his wife doing? She's silent. Doesn't want to help. Just what kind of wife is she?

  Rosa Nicolosi : I'd give my blood for him.

• Capt. Bellodi : Those who pay protection know that they'll never get inspected, therefore they can go on quietly building their bridges with manure! If we don't get rid of these people, they'll kill someone else.

• Parrinieddu : I need to stay alive Captain. It's in the interest of justice. Yes sir, there are plenty of Captains and Carabinieri - but informers are rare. You mustn't send me off to the slaughter in such a hurry!

  Capt. Bellodi : Look, if you don't let out what you know, I'll send you to the butchers right away!

• Son of Marshal : It's not up to engineers to look for killers.

  Capt. Bellodi : It's up to us all!

• Capt. Bellodi : Why did you go see Don Mariano?

  Rosa Nicolosi : To see whether I could sell him something - some eggs.

• Parrinieddu : Who was to shoot was decided by a card game. Two shots, and a cuckold met the King of Diamonds. It's not true that cuckolds are lucky!

  Capt. Bellodi : And so the cuckold is Nicolosi?

  Parrinieddu : Easy, Captain! Not so fast. We're talking about an imaginary cuckold. Nameless, just simply a cuckold. But, whoever murdered Colasberna, killed him because of cement, and not for horns.

• Capt. Bellodi : Have a think about it.

  Zecchinetta : There's nothing to think about, Captain. Liars need to think. What I'm saying is the truth! But you, Captain, before you talk you have to think because you tell lies. You tell lies for a living! Get it?

  Capt. Bellodi : Yeah, yeah. You should be an actor.

• Zecchinetta : Nicolosi killed Colasberna because he caught him in an awkward position!

  Capt. Bellodi : Such as?

  Zecchinetta : He was on top of his wife, Rosa. They were lovers. Everyone knew that they were lovers.

• Capt. Bellodi : Let's suppose that I'm mistaken and that he returns home and when he returns what does he find? A person that decent women don't stop to say hello to, someone who men stop on the street as if they could take her to bed whenever they wanted?

  Rosa Nicolosi : Well, it's better that he doesn't return then.

  Capt. Bellodi : Rosa, let these people hang!

  Rosa Nicolosi : Where do you think I live, Captain? I live among these people and when I walk past it's as if they're undressing me with they're eyes. I feel naked!

• Rosa Nicolosi : I did what I could.

  Capt. Bellodi : No! Like the others, you did what I told you to do! You did nothing of your own will. Nothing!