French Connection II (1975)

Bernard Fresson: Barthélémy

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• Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : [drunk]  You know, I had a tryout with the Yankees. You know what the Yankees are?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Yes. As in "Yankee go home."

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Yeah. NO! No, uh... Uh... no, the Yankee baseball... baseball team. Yeah, I had a tryout with them and... they sent me down to the... the minors. And the poblem... poblem... problem was that... there was a fuckin' kid there, and he was... the fastest bastard, he was fuckin' FAST. And he... he played shortstop at the time, and he... he could hit the ball a fuckin' ton. A fuckin' TON! You know what "fuck" means?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Yeah.

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Yeah. Well, I was in spring training... and I saw this kid... and I just immediately took the test for cops. That kid was Mickey Mantle. You know who Mickey Mantle was? You fuckhead?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : No, I can't say that I know.

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : You don't know who Mickey Mantle was? Huh? How about Willie Mays? Say hey! Willie Mays! The mighty Willie Mays! See?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : No.

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Max Lanier - a frog. Jean Kiley. You remember Jean Kiley?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Gene Kelly?

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Gene... Not Gene Kelly! Jean Kiley! The fuckin' skier!

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Oh - you mean Jean-Claude Killy.

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : That's what I said! Yes. Fuck, yeah. Good athlete. Well, and... Whitey Ford. Goddamn. You know who Whitey Ford was? Oh... shit. He was a dandy little southpaw. That's what we called him. He was a dandy little southpaw.

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Southpaw?

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Yeah. He was a lefty.

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : You mean a Communist?

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : No, he was a Republican. But he was somethin', I tell you. He was somethin'...

• Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Listen, asshole, tell me the truth. I was set up, wasn't I?

  [pause] 

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Whose idea was it?

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : What difference does it make?

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : They sent me over here to work with you. You put me on the street, so Charnier could blow me away. That's beautiful. Beautiful.

  Inspector Henri Barthelemy : Why didn't you figure this out earlier?

  Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Why didn't I think of it earlier? Cuz I'm a bigger asshole than you are.