Shanghai Express (1932)
Eugene Pallette: Sam Salt
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Quotes
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Sam Salt : I don't know what you're sayin', brother, but don't say it again.
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Mrs. Haggerty : Newsboy! See here, wait a bit. This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927.
Newsboy : Latest number, madam.
Mrs. Haggerty : But I tell you it's four years old!
Newsboy : Latest number, madam.
Mrs. Haggerty : Is this 1931, or am I out of me mind?
Major Lenard : Madame, je regrette, mais je ne vous comprends pas. Je ne parle pas anglais. Parlez-vous français?
[He turns to Sam Salt]
Major Lenard : Parlez-vous français, vous?
Sam Salt : She oughta keep it for her history and get herself an education.
Major Lenard : Huh?
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Mr. Henry Chang : Well, we're off on time.
Sam Salt : Say, partner, do you ever make a little bet? My name's Sam Salt. I bet on everything under the sun going right or wrong. I'll lay you odds that this ol' rattler don't get into Shanghai on time.
Mr. Henry Chang : Sir, let me remind you that China is in a state of civil war, and we will be fortunate if we arrive in Shanghai at all.
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Reverend Mr. Carmichael : It's a shame allowing such women on a first-class train.
Sam Salt : What's the matter with them, parson?
Mr. Henry Chang : I imagine the Honorable Divine objects to their morals.
Sam Salt : Why, I thought they were pretty good-looking. At least Shanghai Lily is.
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : Do you mean to say that Shanghai Lily is on this train?
Chinese attendant with hot water : Hot water, sir.
Sam Salt : It's about time. Well, being a married man, I only knew her by sight and reputation. But I'll lay you a hundred to one in any currency you've got that the lady in the next compartment is Shanghai Lily.
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : Shanghai Lily.
Sam Salt : Is it a bet?
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : I told you once before, sir...
Hot towel woman : Hot towel, please?
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : No thank you - I don't bet!
Sam Salt : Well, I'll bet you a Mexican dollar, or whatever you use for money, that those two dames next door are not going to have an easy time on this train.
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Sam Salt : I can't make head or tail out of you, Mr. Chang. Are you Chinese or are you white, or what are ya?
Mr. Henry Chang : My mother was Chinese. My father was white.
Sam Salt : You look more like a white man to me.
Mr. Henry Chang : I'm not proud of my white blood.
Sam Salt : Oh you're not, are ya?
Mr. Henry Chang : No, I'm not.
Sam Salt : Rather be a Chinaman, huh?
Mr. Henry Chang : Yes.
Sam Salt : What future is there being a Chinaman? You're born, eat your way through a handful of rice, and you die. What a country! Let's have a drink.
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Shanghai Lily : I was hoping that you would take us in to dinner. You seem upset, Doctor.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Oh no, not at all.
Shanghai Lily : This is Captain Harvey. Miss Hui Fei.
Hui Fei : I'm glad to meet you, Captain Harvey.
[She puts out her hand]
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : [He bows but does not take her hand] It's a great pleasure.
Sam Salt : Good evening, folks.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Good evening.
Sam Salt : [Patting Hui Fei's shoulder] Time to put on the nosebag.
Hui Fei : [to Shanghai Lily] I'll wait for you in the diner.
Major Lenard : Bon appétit, mademoiselle.
Shanghai Lily : Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
Major Lenard : Bon appétit, monsieur.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Thank you, Major.
Major Lenard : Et bonsoir.
Shanghai Lily : Bonsoir.
Major Lenard : Bonsoir.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Good evening, Major.
Shanghai Lily : You're very cruel, Doc.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I reserve the privilege of choosing my friends.
Shanghai Lily : She's no friend of mine. I was only trying to be decent.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Oh, professional courtesy?
Shanghai Lily : Call it what you like.
[She touches one of his medals]
Shanghai Lily : New, isn't it?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Yes.
Shanghai Lily : Bravery?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Oh, of sorts.
[He touches her brooch]
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : That's new too, isn't it?
Shanghai Lily : Yes.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : It's very becoming.
Shanghai Lily : Merci, monsieur.
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Mrs. Haggerty : Did he get the jewels, Mr. Salt?
[He shows her his empty lapel]
Mrs. Haggerty : Oh, what a shame.
[Salt takes more jewelry out of a pocket]
Mrs. Haggerty : Then he didn't take them after all.
Sam Salt : He got the phony ones.
Mrs. Haggerty : Phony?
Sam Salt : These are phony too. The real ones are in the safe in Shanghai.
Mrs. Haggerty : I suppose they're imitation also.
Sam Salt : You don't want to make a bet on that, do you, lady?
Mrs. Haggerty : I never bet with gamblers.
Sam Salt : I didn't think you did.
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Mrs. Haggerty : [returning from her interrogation] Mr. Chang, all dressed up in a soldier's uniform!
Sam Salt : I know what he wants me for.
[He flips up his lapel to show hidden jewelry]
Sam Salt : And I told him a Chinaman had no future.
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Major Lenard : Bonne nuit, monsieur, et dormez bien.
Sam Salt : Someday, that sardine inspector's gonna go too far.
Eric Baum : [Chang is blocking the door] Pardon me.
[He pokes Chang in the arm]
Eric Baum : Pardon me.
[Chang shoves Baum. Baum speaks to him in German and leaves]
Sam Salt : What did he say to you?
Mr. Henry Chang : Something he'll probably have occasion to regret.
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Shanghai Lily : Thank you, Donald.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I'd have done it for anybody.
Sam Salt : Boy, how about straightening up this stable?
[the porter speaks Chinese as he answers Salt's call, leaving Hui Fei smoking a cigarette in her compartment]
Shanghai Lily : I didn't believe I'd ever see this train again. Two days more. What time is it anyway?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I don't know. I'll find out for you if you wish.
Shanghai Lily : Where's your watch?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I had it before I went into the station. I probably lost it there, together with a few ideals. I don't think I'll go back for it. After all, it's only a watch.
Shanghai Lily : I can't replace your ideals, but I'll buy you another watch when we get to Shanghai.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Don't bother. I'm rather glad I lost it.
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Mrs. Haggerty : I've never been so shocked in my life. I suppose the Chinese girl deserves all she's getting, but as for the other lady... Well, I'm not going to say anything. Of all the brazen creatures, playing the gramophone. Why, she's the most terrible woman I've ever met. I don't see how she can look any of us in the eye. Going off with the late Mr. Chang after the way he treated us. Bad enough she tried it before he held up the train, but after the way he tortured poor Mr. Baum...
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : Look here, Mrs. Haggerty, I think you're doing the woman an injustice. I don't know what caused her to behave that way, but I'm sure there's a whole lot more behind this than appears on the surface.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Mr. Carmichael, when I had the pleasure of making your acquaintance yesterday, you volunteered an amazingly correct diagnosis of Shanghai Lily, and I see no reason for you to have changed it.
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : Look here, Captain Harvey, I happen to know that she prayed all night for your safety.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I'd give anything in the world to believe the way you do, but I heard from her own lips she was leaving with Chang.
Reverend Mr. Carmichael : That's rubbish!
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : I wish it were.
Sam Salt : Defending that dame. I'm pretty liberal on the subject of betting, but I wouldn't back his viewpoint for all the rice in China.
Mrs. Haggerty : Neither would I.
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Sam Salt : Good-bye, Captain Harvey.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : Mr. Salt.
Sam Salt : I owe you my life, and I'm not the man to forget it. Although between you and me, it isn't worth much.
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Sam Salt : How's the invalid coming along, Doctor?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey : He'll be all right in a few weeks, poor fellow.
Sam Salt : That's more than I can say for myself. I bet if you opened me up right now, you'd find my nerves tangled up like a mess of Chinese noodles.
Mrs. Haggerty : I guess this journey hasn't done any of us any good.
Sam Salt : All except that Chinese dame. She's twenty thousand to the good for settling the hash of the honorable Mr. Chang. I wish I'd taken a crack at him first. How about you, Major?
Major Lenard : Je regarde beaucoup, monsieur, mais je ne comprends pas seulement qu'est-ce que vous dites.
Sam Salt : [to Mrs. Haggerty] I'm telling you, it's a lucky thing for him that you're here.
