Ben-Hur (1959)

John Le Mesurier: Doctor

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• [Messala is mortally injured after being trampled in the chariot race] 

  Doctor : We cannot wait, Tribune.

  Messala : [softly]  He will come.

  [he convulses with pain; they hold him down] 

  Doctor : We cannot wait any longer, Tribune!

  Messala : [shouts]  He will come! He will come. I have sent for him, and he will come!

  Doctor : If you wish us to keep you alive, we have to go to work *now*, Tribune. Do you understand?

  Messala : Cut the legs off me... Not yet. Not till I've seen him. I can't receive him with half a body!

  [Drusus and the surgeon share a look; they begin binding Messala in preparation for amputation] 

  Messala : [struggling]  NO!

  [Judah appears in the doorway] 

  Messala : I told you, Drusus; I told you! There he is.

  [Judah approaches and stands over Messala] 

  Messala : Triumph c... triumph complete, Judah. The race won, the enemy destroyed.

  Judah Ben-Hur : I see no enemy.

  Messala : What do you think you see? The smashed body of a wretched animal? There's enough of a man still left here for you to hate. Let me help you.

  [he convulses with pain] 

  Messala : You think they're dead, your mother and sister? Dead, and the race over? It isn't over, Judah. They're not dead.

  Judah Ben-Hur : [leaning closer]  Where are they?

  [pause] 

  Judah Ben-Hur : Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?

  Messala : [with grim satisfaction]  Look... look for them... in the Valley... of the Lepers! If you can recognize them!

  [Judah doubles over with grief] 

  Messala : It goes on. It goes on, Judah. The race... the race... is not... over!

  [he dies]