Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Claudio Gora: Police Chief
Quotes
-
Inspector Ginko : Yes. Yes, sir.
Minister of the Interior : ''Yes, sir''? Don't try to ''Yes, sir'' me, sir! You either.
Police Chief : Yes, sir.
Minister of the Interior : What am l going to say to the Prime Minister? ''Yes, sir''?
Police Chief : Yes, sir.
Minister of the Interior : [slaps desk] NO, SIR! l am going to have to come up with some brilliant idea. Otherwise, he's going to find a new Minister of the Interior, and the next man may not have the same understanding of police methods as I have. Can you grasp that?
Police Chief : No, sir.
Minister of the Interior : Preposterous to think that one man can make a fool of the ENTIRE police force! We're a laughingstock in the world press, and our own newspapers are screaming for action! And that is PRECISELY what l intend giving them: vigorous, clear-sighted action. Now, firstly, it is obvious to the logical and well-trained mind that the first thing that Diabolik is going to do is to get those dollars out of the country.
Inspector Ginko : Logical suggestion, sir.
Minister of the Interior : [flattered] Mm, thank you!
Inspector Ginko : But, I'm afraid, quite useless.
Minister of the Interior : What?
Inspector Ginko : Diabolik will handle the ten million dollars, but in some quite different way.
Minister of the Interior : What ''quite some different way''?
Inspector Ginko : A way no mind but his could imagine.
[cut to Diabolik and Eva making love on top of the money]
-
[the new Minister of the Interior puts out a million-dollar reward for Diabolik's capture]
Mr. Hammond : With this new plan of action, everyone will collaborate. Even his mother will turn him in.
Police Chief : No, sir.
Mr. Hammond : What do you mean, "No, sir"?
Police Chief : l don't believe he has a mother, sir.
Mr. Hammond : Hm. Oh, well... in any case, I'll have no negative thinking in my police force.
Police Chief : Sorry, sir. It's a habit. The former minister always insisted that we...
Mr. Hammond : My predecessor's policies don't interest me. *I* am minister now, AND I WANT THIS MAN CAUGHT!
[nurses his hurt finger after slamming it on the desk with each shouted word]
Mr. Hammond : There is my policy.
Police Chief : Yes, sir.
Mr. Hammond : All you can say is ''Yes, sir''? With this reward, the whole country will be out to catch him!
Inspector Ginko : What if...?
Mr. Hammond : There are no "ifs"! A million dollars wipes out "ifs"! The reward has turned public opinion against him.
-
Mr. Hammond : [whispering, after reading a letter] Unheard of!
Police Chief : [reading] ''ln view of the bad use to which the government has put the public money, I shall take steps to remove it from circulation. Signed... Diabolik''.
Mr. Hammond : It's. A. Joke. AND WE'LL CALL HIS BLUFF!
[montage of the tax offices being blown up by Diabolik]