West of Zanzibar (1928)
Lon Chaney: Phroso
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Quotes
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I'm particular who I eat with. Feed her on the floor!
Doc : I'm down pretty low, but not so far that I'll stand for this.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Yair? Well, you'll stand for anything *I* say.
Maizie : Say, Mister! Don't get in trouble on account of me.
Doc : I'll eat with her. I'm particular about who I eat with, too.
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Bumbu : King Lunkaboola... he... come!
Doc : Dead-Legs, if you keep bringin' those black-birds here for your daft shows... they'll tumble to our game!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Forget it, Doc! Get my box of tricks!
Doc : We'll end up being a mess of chops for those cannibals!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Chops... nothin'! I'm goin' to be king of the whole pack!
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Doc : You're a puzzle, Dead-Legs. One minute you're a fiend and the next... you're almost human.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You ain't here to understand me, Doc. You're here 'cause I need you to keep me crawlin'.
Doc : At that, I guess it's healthier to be with you than against you.
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I've been waitin' for you.
Mr. Crane : Word comes to me that it's you who's been stealin' my ivory.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : And I intend to pay you for everything.
Mr. Crane : Phroso... the magician!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Right you are... Mr. Crane!
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Mr. Crane : Come on! What's this all about? What are you wrecking that girl for?
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You'll find out. That's why I brought you here.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : That's Anna's child! YOUR DAUGHTER!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : When I found Anna... she was dead! And that brat of yours was with her!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I had her raised in the lowest dive in Zanzibar... so you could be proud of her!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : And now I've got a real treat comin' for her... and her father!
Mr. Crane : You're her father... not ME! She's... your daughter! YOURS!
Mr. Crane : Now listen! Your wife never went away with me... Do you hear? She never went away with me!
Mr. Crane : When she found out what I did to you... she hated me!
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[first lines]
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Ashes to ashes! Dust to dust!
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[members of the tribe parade around in Maizie's clothing]
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I'm so sorry. I thought you'd gone away, so I gave them your clothes.
Maizie : There's nothing too low for you to do, is there?
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Bumbu : Me do like you say. Me tell white trader you steal ivory. Three days he be here.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Now, go tell tribe! White trader white girl's father.
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Doc : Take this, it will make you feel better.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Break that glass! I might drink out of it... by mistake!
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Get Doc in here to fix my back!
Tiny : Don't let him cut into you tonight. He's full of that stuff.
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Bumbu : We... come... get... white girl!
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : We... make... her... ready... for... funeral... here. Bring... tribe.
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[last lines]
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Evil Spirit come... take white girl.
King Lunkaboola : No believe!
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : [speaking to the newly deceased Anna] He told me you loved him. That's why I never followed you. For all the suffering he brought her... he's going to pay! I'll find him! I'll make him pay! He and his brat will pay!
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Doc : Dead-Legs, we've robbed that trader of plenty. Let's beat it before he gets us.
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : No. I'm even goin' to send him word where to find the man who's robbin' him.
[Doc starts to speak in protest]
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I said *No!* He made me this thing that crawls... now I'm ready to bite!
Tiny : Yair, bite! I'll bet that's what the cannibals did to Babe!
Doc : Babe's all right! I sent him to Zanzibar! He's bringin' back a little sweetheart... for Doc! A blonde one!
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Mr. Crane : Aw, you poor blind idiot! Don't you understand? She's gone! She loves me... do you hear? And I'm taking her to Africa!
[Pushes Phroso over a second floor banister]
Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Anna! Anna, I love you! Don't go! I love you!
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Babe, tell Bumbu to carry out my orders!
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Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You're feelin' kinda shaky, ain't you?