Eli Wallach
(as The General)
Brierly:
Could you do what he did?
The French Officer: Who knows? Under certain conditions, fear will come to any man. It's always there, waiting for us...
The French Officer: Who knows? Under certain conditions, fear will come to any man. It's always there, waiting for us...
Paul Lukas
(as Stein)
Peter O'Toole
(as Lord Jim)
Lord Jim:
I've been a so-called coward and a so-called hero and there's not the thickness of a sheet of paper between them. Maybe cowards and heroes are just ordinary men who, for a split second, do something out of the ordinary. That's all.
Jack Hawkins
(as Marlow)
Marlow:
[first lines; narrating] Joseph Conrad wrote, "If you want to know the age of the Earth, look upon the sea in a storm." But what storm could fully reveal the heart of a man?
Jack Hawkins
(as Marlow)
Marlow:
[Narrating] One hope kept Jim going - a hope common to most men. Rich or poor, strong or weak, who among us has not begged God for a second chance?
James Mason
(as Gentleman Brown)
Gentleman Brown:
[on Jim] His Lordship has pretensions to heroism - a form of mental disease induced by vanity.
Akim Tamiroff
(as Schomberg)
James Mason
(as Gentleman Brown)
Gentleman Brown:
[to Cornelius] You have a natural talent for disaster! Try and improve yourself into an ordinary failure by keeping your mouth shut.