Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Michel Piccoli: Inspector Ginko

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Quotes 

• Eva Kant : I was expecting you, Inspector.

  Inspector Ginko : I knew you wouldn't be able to resist seeing him.

• Inspector Ginko : Yes. Yes, sir.

  Minister of the Interior : ''Yes, sir''? Don't try to ''Yes, sir'' me, sir! You either.

  Police Chief : Yes, sir.

  Minister of the Interior : What am l going to say to the Prime Minister? ''Yes, sir''?

  Police Chief : Yes, sir.

  Minister of the Interior : [slaps desk]  NO, SIR! l am going to have to come up with some brilliant idea. Otherwise, he's going to find a new Minister of the Interior, and the next man may not have the same understanding of police methods as I have. Can you grasp that?

  Police Chief : No, sir.

  Minister of the Interior : Preposterous to think that one man can make a fool of the ENTIRE police force! We're a laughingstock in the world press, and our own newspapers are screaming for action! And that is PRECISELY what l intend giving them: vigorous, clear-sighted action. Now, firstly, it is obvious to the logical and well-trained mind that the first thing that Diabolik is going to do is to get those dollars out of the country.

  Inspector Ginko : Logical suggestion, sir.

  Minister of the Interior : [flattered]  Mm, thank you!

  Inspector Ginko : But, I'm afraid, quite useless.

  Minister of the Interior : What?

  Inspector Ginko : Diabolik will handle the ten million dollars, but in some quite different way.

  Minister of the Interior : What ''quite some different way''?

  Inspector Ginko : A way no mind but his could imagine.

  [cut to Diabolik and Eva making love on top of the money] 

• Ralph Valmont : I would like us to make a little bargin, Inspector.

  Inspector Ginko : Really now, bargin with the police? I've got a good job. Since when do I make bargins with your kind? For once, we've got special powers.

  Ralph Valmont : Diabolik will manage to lose you your job. You can always apply to me. You'll find yourself better off. You'll be more warmly dressed, and... and your women less.

• Inspector Ginko : Where's the Rolls?

  Diplomat : It disappeared!

  Inspector Ginko : What are you talking about?

  Chauffeur : We turned 'round, Inspector...

  [coughs] 

  Chauffeur : And it was gone, just like that!

  Sergeant Danek : Inspector, look!

  [their Rolls-Royce is hauled up by a crane under Diabolik's control] 

• [after Diabolik is assumed to have committed suicide to escape capture] 

  Sergeant Danek : You don't look very excited, Inspector.

  Inspector Ginko : In a strange way, I'm sorry.

  Sergeant Danek : "Sorry", Inspector?

  Inspector Ginko : As though he'd become part of my life. l can't believe he's really dead.

• Bank Manager : It's the largest single shipment dollars ever made - at six in the morning.

  Inspector Ginko : Mm-hm.

  Bank Manager : If you'll sign here, Inspector.

  Inspector Ginko : Right.

  Bank Manager : I've never seen such precautions just to reach the port.

  Inspector Ginko : The whole underworld worries me less than a single man.

  Bank Manager : Diabolik?

• Inspector Ginko : [looking over two officers disguised as diplomats]  Splendid. Just splendid. And dignified, too. They're meant to be diplomats?

  Sergeant Danek : Ah, they're our best men.

  Inspector Ginko : Ah.

  [addresses one of the officers] 

  Inspector Ginko : You're a diplomat. Look sophisticated.

  [the officer adjusts his posture slightly. Ginko condescendingly sighs before turning to the other officer] 

  Inspector Ginko : You're a man of the world. Polished, witty, bored.

  [notices a bulge in his clothes] 

  Inspector Ginko : What's that?

  [takes out his gun and grabs his gloves] 

  Inspector Ginko : Here, put it in your hat - and these.

• [the new Minister of the Interior puts out a million-dollar reward for Diabolik's capture] 

  Mr. Hammond : With this new plan of action, everyone will collaborate. Even his mother will turn him in.

  Police Chief : No, sir.

  Mr. Hammond : What do you mean, "No, sir"?

  Police Chief : l don't believe he has a mother, sir.

  Mr. Hammond : Hm. Oh, well... in any case, I'll have no negative thinking in my police force.

  Police Chief : Sorry, sir. It's a habit. The former minister always insisted that we...

  Mr. Hammond : My predecessor's policies don't interest me. *I* am minister now, AND I WANT THIS MAN CAUGHT!

  [nurses his hurt finger after slamming it on the desk with each shouted word] 

  Mr. Hammond : There is my policy.

  Police Chief : Yes, sir.

  Mr. Hammond : All you can say is ''Yes, sir''? With this reward, the whole country will be out to catch him!

  Inspector Ginko : What if...?

  Mr. Hammond : There are no "ifs"! A million dollars wipes out "ifs"! The reward has turned public opinion against him.