Jupiter's Darling (1955)

Howard Keel: Hannibal

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• Hannibal : Have you ever tried to get an elephant over an Alp?

• Hannibal : The wind must be from the elephants' quarters.

• Amytis : You could have asked.

  Hannibal : I never ask. I take.

• Hannibal : [singing]  A man who is a he-male, Should never trust a female...

• Hannibal : [singing]  If someone I desire, Should prove to be liar, I'd slit her lovely throat, From ear to ear, And at my leisure later, I might decapitate her, And say, "Too bad you lost your head, my dear"...

• Hannibal : [singing]  I'm a man, And I will always be the master, If a woman be flirtatious, Let her be, But, by Jupiter, She's flirting with disaster, If she thinks, That she can make a fool of me, I'd take my trusty dagger, And by the hair, I'll drag her, Her cheating heart, I'll let the buzzards chew...

• Hannibal : [singing]  Though she may be a Goddess, I know beneath her bodice, There beats a heart, That's probably untrue...

• Amytis : You must spend many restless nights. Come on, take it off.

  [giggles] 

  Hannibal : What's so funny?

  Amytis : You remind me of a turtle coming out of his shell. A very well-developed turtle.

• Hannibal : [singing]  Now, with the starlight above, Give me your lips, And your heart, And your love, Let's take our chance, While we may...

• Amytis : Tell me General, have you conquered a great many cities?

  Hannibal : More than I can remember.

  Amytis : How do you go about it? I mean, what's it like?

  Hannibal : Well, there are no hard and fast rules in warfare, but I'd say the first thing is to make a complete survey of the enemy.

  Amytis : Oh, yes.

  Hannibal : Know his strength as you know your own. Then deploy your forces.

  Amytis : What does that mean?

  Hannibal : Put them in the right position.

  Amytis : Oh. Oh, I see. Put them in the right position.

  Hannibal : Then, uh, then when you've deployed sufficiently, you, uh, you make a feint at his strength.

  Amytis : I don't understand.

  Hannibal : Well, you, uh, pretend to attack, but you don't. You, uh, fall back instead.

  Amytis : Ahh. You fall back instead. Yes.

  Hannibal : Then, uh, when he advances, you encircle him. You strike at his weakness. Hard and quick.

  Amytis : Suppose he has no weakness?

  Hannibal : That would be very unusual.

  Amytis : It sounds exciting.

  Hannibal : It is.

• Hannibal : [singing]  Moments like this, We must steal, beg, or borrow, There's no tomorrow, Out time, Is now...

• Hannibal : I'll kill her myself.

  Mago : Can I stay and watch?

• Amytis : Do you remember when we swam the stream. I held your life in my hand.

  Hannibal : You're going to die.

  Amytis : Yes, Yes, I'm going to die. But, not until tomorrow.

• Hannibal : You led me into a trap!

  Amytis : I led you into nothing!

  Hannibal : A whole detachment of Roman soldiers! How did they know I was there?

  Amytis : The way you were singing at the top of your lungs, all Rome knew you were there!

• Amytis : Listen, when my father died, he made Fabius my protector. There was nothing I could do. It was marry him or become a Vestal Virgin.

  [Hannibal laughs] 

  Amytis : You don't know Roman law.

  Hannibal : No, but I know Roman women.