The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Telly Savalas: Archer J. Maggott
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Quotes
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Major John Reisman : Any questions?
Maggot : Suh? Do we have to eat with niggahs?
[Jefferson jumps Maggot]
Sergeant Clyde Bowren : [as Reisman exits the room] : What's going on, sir?
Major John Reisman : Oh, the gentleman from the South had a question about the dining arrangements. He and his comrades are discussing place settings now.
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Major John Reisman : One.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Down to the road block, we've just begun.
Major John Reisman : Two.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : The guards are through.
Major John Reisman : Three
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : The Major's men are on a spree.
Major John Reisman : Four
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Major and Wladislaw go through the door.
Major John Reisman : Five
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Pinkley stays out in the drive.
Major John Reisman : Six.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : The Major gives the rope a fix.
Major John Reisman : Seven.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Wladislaw throws the hook to heaven.
Major John Reisman : Eight.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Jimenez has got a date.
Major John Reisman : Nine.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : The other guys go up the line.
Major John Reisman : Ten.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Sawyer and Gilpin are in the pen.
Major John Reisman : Eleven.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Posey guards points five and seven.
Major John Reisman : Twelve.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Wladislaw and the Major go down to delve...
Major John Reisman : Thirteen.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Franko goes up without being seen.
Major John Reisman : Fourteen.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Zero-hour... Jimenez cuts the cable; Franko cuts the phone.
Major John Reisman : Fifteen.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : Franko goes in where the others have been.
Major John Reisman : Sixteen.
Samson Posey , Joseph T. Wladislaw , Victor R. Franko , Maggot , Pinkley , Robert Jefferson , Tassos Bravos , Pedro Jiminez , Glenn Gilpin : We all come out like it's Halloween.
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Maggot : It's judgment day, sinners! Come out, come out wherever you are!
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Maggot : They're not gonna hang me, Major. I never raped that evil slut! Or, any other - creature. The Lord gave me that woman and told me to chastise her.
Major John Reisman : Then he told you to beat her to death, huh?
Maggot : I only do what I'm called on to do. I was in a state of grace. And that - woman - she tried to soil my spirit.
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Maggot : "Vengeance is mine. I will repay, sayeth the Lord." Paul to the Romans, Chapter 12.
Major John Reisman : Exactly. Now, isn't that supposed to mean that we leave punishment of the transgressors to his capable hands?
Maggot : That's right, Major! That's exactly what it means. But it doesn't restrict him to the kind of tools he would use, now does it? And like I told you, Major, I only do what I'm called on to do.
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Maggot : It's true that I've been blessed with an insight into women that others don't have. And sometimes - well, sometimes I'm called upon to use it in our beloved Master's will.
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Tassos Bravos : [listening to the radio] Hey, Wladislaw, you understand German. Who's that dame singing about?
Joseph T. Wladislaw : Well, it's about a very lonely girl who's sick and tired of war and being left alone. Waiting for her man to come home.
Maggot : Keep that cheap, wailing slut quiet!
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Capt. Stuart Kinder : Why do you hate Major Reisman so much?
Maggot : There are 11 evil men out there and they must be punished for their wickedness. And this Major Reisman, he just snatched them up from the brink of the pit, and he cheated the Master of his vengeance.
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Maggot : Major Reisman! I saw those filthy strumpets! You're turning this place into a bottomless pit of vice! Comes Judgment Day! And Judgment Day is comin'! Those men, Major, they'll suffer eternal damnation because of you, Major!
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Maggot : Scream, bitch. Scream. Scream, you slut. Sprechen, you harlot. Scream.