The Cobra (1967)

Omar Zolficar: Sadek

Quotes 

• Capt. Kelly : Gentlemen, will you find yourselves seats. They have already been briefed on the situation, Sir.

  Hullinger : Which, I might say, sounds rather grave.

  Capt. Kelly : Tragic would be more accurate. In past years, quantities of opium have been smuggled into the United States. But we've just learned that an incredible amount of the drug is being prepared for shipment. As you may know, 150 pounds of pure opium has a market value of a hundred million dollars - the price of a squadron of fighter-bombers. In other words, Sir, we're up against a gigantic operation.

  Hullinger : Serious enough to call me to Istanbul?

  Capt. Kelly : It would be impossible to exaggerate the danger, Sir. The future of our country and the whole Free World is at stake. Oh, King...

  [he gestures] 

  Capt. Kelly : . Won't you sit down, Sir?

  Capt. Kelly : And now, Mr Hullinger, let's have a look at some of the facts. OK, King.

  [the video projector begins to show a drug documentary] 

  Capt. Kelly : Opium and drugs in such quantity, means an increase in the plagues of society; in delinquency, in mental disease, in social disorder. It's like the spreading of some dreadful leprosy. it'd destroy the moral fibre of the youth of our nation.

  Capt. Kelly : Our backs are to the wall, Gentlemen. There are 200,000 drug addicts in New York alone. And the Narcotics Bureau considers only those on record.

  Mr stewart : That's right, unfortunately. To try and eliminate the evil by bearing down on the addicts is like attempting to destroy a giant oak tree by tearing off the leaves, one at a time.

  Capt. Kelly : That's why the Government has ordered that the problem be solved at the roots. We know that the opium comes from Chinese plantations in Kian Sie and Wei Chong, A timebomb from Peking to destroy the very foundations of American society.

  Hullinger : Pattern for conquest. It's perfect.

  Capt. Kelly : Our job is not to analyse the historical or moral aspects of the phenomenon but to liquidate the organisation at any cost.

  Hullinger : How?

  Capt. Kelly : The FBI, the Bureau of Narcotics and the CIA and the police forces of friendly nations are all collaborating. The physical forces at my disposal have a free hand.

  Sadek : Carte blanche, Mr Kelly?

  Capt. Kelly : Carte blanche, Captain Sadek. The threat is so great, all rules are off.