Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Gregory Arkadin: I knew what I wanted. That's the difference between us. In this world there are those who give and those who ask. Those who do not care to give... those who do not dare to ask. You dared. But you were never quite sure what your were asking for.

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Gregory Arkadin: Baroness, a fool is a man who pays twice for the same thing.

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Mr. Arkadin was created from three episodes of the 1951-1952 radio program, The Lives of Harry Lime: Man of Mystery (AKA Greek Meets Greek), Murder on the Rivera and Blackmail Is an Ugly Word. Arakdin is based mostly on the first of the three and centered on a character named Gregory Arkadian. Primary characters and set-ups are taken from the other two episodes.
The credits read "And introducing Paola Mori". However, she had been in at least four films prior to this. The credits also imply the "And introducing" refers to Robert Arden as well, who also had had at least two credited big screen performances.
Maurice Bessy ghost wrote the Mr. Arkadin novel that was released shortly after the movie premiered. Though Orson Welles is credited as the author, Welles didn't write a single word of it.
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