Tortilla Flat (1942)

Akim Tamiroff: Pablo

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Pablo : Where do we go now?

  Jose Maria Corcoran : Let's go down on the beach. We will go to sleep in the moonlight, under the sky.

  Pilon : The sky is a good place to sleep under. It is one roof that will never burn down - and it is one roof that will always be there tomorrow when you wake up, amigos.

  Jose Maria Corcoran : That's right!

  Pilon , Jose Maria Corcoran , Pablo , Portagee Joe : [singing]  Ai, Ai, paisano, La vida es asi...

• Pablo : You know what would be nice, Pilon? If you had a trained pelican and every time you wanted to fish, all you have to do, just send him out to dive for one. You could train a pelican like that, yes?

  Pilon : No.

  Pablo : Oh. Why not?

  Pilon : Because you are dumb. A pelican is dumb, too. But, not that dumb. He would eat the fish himself.

• [first lines] 

  Pablo : Pilon? Pilon, are you awake, my friend?

  Pilon : I don't know. And that is a beautiful way to be.

• Pablo : The mackerel should be running good today. Two boats have already come in. You like mackerel, Pilon?

  Pilon : I like T-bone steak.

• Pilon : When he was in jail, we got him out. When he was hungry, we fed him! When he was cold, we gave him warm clothes.

  Pablo : That's right. When was that?

  Pilon : Well, we would have if he had needed them.

• Daniel Alvarez : What's the matter?

  Pablo : What's the matter? Your house is on fire!

  Daniel Alvarez : Which one?

  Pablo : The one - I mean - the one Pilon is renting.

  Daniel Alvarez : How did it happen?

  Pablo : I don't know. Honest, I don't. I was asleep and a burning shingle fell on my face.

• Pilon : Danny was a good man.

  Portagee Joe : Strong too. He had a punch like a mule.

  Pablo : Yeah, could make love, too. Make girls spin dizzy.

• Pilon : The baby is starving! The baby needs food. Quick!

  Pablo : There is some mackerel left from last night.

  Pilon : Mackerel? Shut up! The baby needs milk, good milk, lots of it.

• Pablo : You wouldn't take anything from him, would you?

  Pilon : Have you never heard of charity?