The Samurai (1967)

François Périer: Le Commissaire

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• Superintendant : Don't you love him?

  Jane Lagrange : No.

  Superintendant : Really? I'd have said you did. Laying yourself on the line for him like that, I thought you must love him.

  Jane Lagrange : You're not the psychologist you imagined.

• Superintendant : I don't like forcing the pace to extract confessions or get information. I'm very liberal, a great believer in the liberty of the individual... in people's right to live as they choose. Provided that the way of life they choose harms no one else... and is contrary to neither law and order nor public decency.

• Jane Lagrange : If I understand you right, I'll have no problems if I perjure myself. If I insist on telling the truth, then I can expect trouble. Am I right?

  Superintendant : Not quite. Because the truth isn't what you say, it's what I say... despite the methods I am obliged to employ to get at it.

• Superintendant : It's strange. Girls like you are virtually prostitutes. Ever give it any thought?

  Jane Lagrange : [sitting on her bed in a nightgown while her apartment is being searched by the police]  No.

  Superintendant : You should. It could blow up in your face. If the vice squad starts in after you - those boys mean business. You need to be covered. No pun intended.

  Jane Lagrange : And you want to cover me?

• Superintendant : So, is it yes?

  Jane Lagrange : It's no.

• Superintendant : Let's suppose Costello wasn't here during those six hours and I find out. You'll be indicted for perjury, contempt of court, obstruction of justice, and accessory to murder. You'll get at least five years. Five years is a long time. Especially for a girl your age.

• Superintendant : Little Jef Costello will be sitting in this chair.

  Superintendant's Assistant : He'll just laugh in our faces.

  Superintendant : I doubt it. Ever see a guy stay handcuffed for 48 hours and not open his mouth? I haven't seen many.

• 2ème inspecteur : You had a close call. If it weren't for us, you'd be dead.

  Superintendant : Wrong.

• Superintendant : You arrived at Miss Lagrange's apartment at 2:00 or 2:15am?

  Wiener : Yes. That's right.

  Superintendant : Think carefully before you answer. Did you have the feeling upon entering her apartment that someone had just left? Forgive me for being so blunt, but didn't you feel your spot was still warm?

• Superintendant : I must ask you both to forgive me. Our job leaves no room for etiquette.

• Superintendant's Assistant : What do you think about Costello?

  Superintendant : I never think.