The Burglars (1971)

Jean-Paul Belmondo: Azad

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Abel Zacharia : I came unarmed.

  Azad : That was your mistake.

• Hélène : Met any - interesting people?

  Azad : If you think I've got time for social life...

  Hélène : I heard something about a blonde.

  Azad : Who from?

  Hélène : A blonde with big boobs, big hat, and bad taste. I wonder if she can read. She's only pretending to; because, it looks intellectual.

• Abel Zacharia : In the name of the law, I place you under arrest.

  Azad : Up your's.

• Lena Gripp's : I just know you're one helluva man.

  Azad : And I just know you're one helluva bitch.

• 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.

• Hélène : I met a boy whose everything you're not. Very handsome. Very polite. Very affectionate!

  Azad : If you keep this up, people are going to stare.

  Hélène : Why?

  Azad : Because, I'm going to clout you.

• Hélène : I told him I wasn't free. That was right, wasn't it, to tell him I wasn't free?

  Azad : You came here just to give me this routine?

  Hélène : Wasn't I right to tell him I wasn't free?

  Azad : No, you were wrong.

  Hélène : All right.