Sirocco (1951) | |
| Director(s) | Curtis Bernhardt |
| Producer(s) | Henry S. Kesler (associate), Robert Lord |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Film Noir |
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Sirocco (1951) was a Drama - Action Film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Robert Lord and Henry S. Kesler.
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Sirocco – 1951
By Bogart Fan on Mar 16, 2014 From The Bogie Film BlogMy Review —Not as Casablanca-ish as You?ve Been Told— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Curtis Bernhardt The Lowdown A black market gun dealer (Bogart) sells weapons and ammo to the Syrians as they revolt against their French occupiers in 1925, only to fall in love with ... Read full article
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Harry Smith:
[to Violette] I've got a pass. I'm going to Cairo. You still want to go along? Oh, I can't show you as good a time as I could before because I'm broke. The French took all my money, but don't worry. As long as it keeps getting dark, I can always get some.
Col. Feroud: I have here your dossier. It contains the history of your life. You're a man entirely without moral scruples of any kind. You supply the Syrians with guns and ammunition, but I respect them, they fight for a cause. Your cause is only money. While Frenchmen and Syrians kill each other, you profit by it. According to military law you have to be shot. The punishment seems hardly adequate.
Harry Smith: What have you got me up here for? To watch me sweat, to watch me crawl? I'll bet they didn't bring Nasir up here before they shot him.
Col. Feroud: What a pity you could only die once.
Harry Smith: Sure, I know I'm going to be shot, but not for running guns, but because I'm something special. I made a monkey out of you. I'm the guy that ran off with your girl.
Col. Feroud: Don't you realize if I *wanted* you shot, you'd be in a ditch right now?
Achmet: What an oddity you are, Mr. Smith, - an American in Damascus. No morals! No political convictions!
Harry Smith: I've had a few.
Achmet: I find that difficult to believe.
Harry Smith: I had a bellyful of them. I left them in the states with my first wife!
Achmet: Isn't there anything you believe in?
Harry Smith: You mean right now? Sure!
[looking through the envelope of money he has just been paid off with]
Harry Smith: I believe in this, and it's two thousand short!
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Col. Feroud: I have here your dossier. It contains the history of your life. You're a man entirely without moral scruples of any kind. You supply the Syrians with guns and ammunition, but I respect them, they fight for a cause. Your cause is only money. While Frenchmen and Syrians kill each other, you profit by it. According to military law you have to be shot. The punishment seems hardly adequate.
Harry Smith: What have you got me up here for? To watch me sweat, to watch me crawl? I'll bet they didn't bring Nasir up here before they shot him.
Col. Feroud: What a pity you could only die once.
Harry Smith: Sure, I know I'm going to be shot, but not for running guns, but because I'm something special. I made a monkey out of you. I'm the guy that ran off with your girl.
Col. Feroud: Don't you realize if I *wanted* you shot, you'd be in a ditch right now?
Achmet: What an oddity you are, Mr. Smith, - an American in Damascus. No morals! No political convictions!
Harry Smith: I've had a few.
Achmet: I find that difficult to believe.
Harry Smith: I had a bellyful of them. I left them in the states with my first wife!
Achmet: Isn't there anything you believe in?
Harry Smith: You mean right now? Sure!
[looking through the envelope of money he has just been paid off with]
Harry Smith: I believe in this, and it's two thousand short!
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According to actor Jamie Farr, the movie debuted on Saturday night at the Rivoli in his home town of Toledo. Most of Toledo's Arab-American community turned out to see it. As a scene where Bogart walks though a crowded bazaar begins to fade, an Arab voice is heard shouting, "Ya hallah deen bayak!" which caused most of the audience to collapse in laughter. The non-Arabs in the house did not understand why everyone else was laughing until the line was translated for them: "Goddamn your father!"
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