Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Martin Balsam: Bianchi
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Quotes
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Bianchi : You mean you saw the man? You can identify the murderer?
Mrs. Hubbard : I mean nothing of the kind. I mean there was a man in my compartment last night. It was pitch dark, of course, and my eyes were closed in terror...
Bianchi : Then how did you know it was a man?
Mrs. Hubbard : Because I've enjoyed *very warm* relations with both my husbands.
Bianchi : With your eyes closed?
Mrs. Hubbard : That helped.
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Bianchi : Forgive me, ladies and gentlemen.
Greta Ohlsson : Only God's forgiveness is important.
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Dr. Constantine : [referring to Pierre] He had the means to do it. The passkey to Ratchett's room.
Hercule Poirot : And a knife borrowed from the chef.
Bianchi : With whom he was in league.
Hercule Poirot : Which he plunged, repeatedly and without motive, into the body of his suitably astonished victim.
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[after the case has been concluded, Bianchi gives Poirot a quick hug in gratitude]
Bianchi : Hercule. I thank you.
Hercule Poirot : My friend. Now I must go and wrestle with my report to the police and with my conscience.
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Hercule Poirot : Signor Bianchi, it is for you, as a director of the line, to choose the solution that we shall offer to the police at Brod. Though I confess... I am in two minds. I think the police at Brod would prefer the simplicity of the first solution.We have the uniform... to show the police.
Bianchi : If we have the uniform, there must have been a man in it. So therefore, I elect the first solution.
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[the sound of a distant train whistle]
Bianchi : I fear that help is at hand. Even if it is only a working party with picks and shovels, we must make haste to complete this inquiry before we reach Brod. If it is an engine with a snowplow, our troubles will really begin.
Dr. Constantine : Who's next?
Hercule Poirot : Mrs. Hubbard.
[Bianchi reacts as if his troubles HAVE already begun]
Bianchi : Oh, my God.
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Bianchi : Oh, yes, I know. We are both envious of the husband.
Hercule Poirot : Is, eh, is the husband as British as his tweeds?
Bianchi : Oh, heaven forbid, he's a hotblooded Hungarian. If you but look at his wife, he would cease to be a diplomat.
Hercule Poirot : Thank God we are not young.
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Bianchi : Ah, for the pen of a Balzac. For three days all these people, these total strangers, meet in a single train whose engine controls their destiny.
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Bianchi : Why did you not ask her if she had been to America?
Hercule Poirot : Because I did not need to.