Cairo (1942)

Eduardo Ciannelli: Ahmed Ben Hassan

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Morrison : Tell me something. How can a tuning fork and a screaming woman open the same door?

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : By emitting the same note. In this case, the note of high C. It's a simple device, used commercially all over the world - sound filter. It rejects all sound except one, which is then properly amplified and converted into electrical energy. Thereupon it opens the door.

  Mrs. Morrison : Well, I know a much better device.

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : Yes?

  Mrs. Morrison : A door knob.

• Ahmed Ben Hassan : [after Marcia Warren screams when she sees a white mouse on the floor of a shop]  Are you in the habit of screaming a perfect high C?

  Marcia Warren : I have every reason to scream. And I don't scream flat. Are you in the habit of letting those little beasts run all over your customers?

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : I prefer them to most of my customers.

• Mrs. Morrison : What kept you so long?

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : One of my white mice.

  Mrs. Morrison : White mice! You know, if you were really efficient you'd teach 'em to sing in high C and save the expense of tuning forks.

• Mrs. Morrison : Wait a minute. I don't like leaving Mr. Smith alone. He's a very inquisitive young man.

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : He knows better than to run away.

  Fat Doorman in Cairo Theatre : Oh, I don't know. By his own admission, he's not very bright.

  Ahmed Ben Hassan : What could he possibly do - make a dash for the plane?