The Angel Wore Red (1960)

Dirk Bogarde: Arturo Carrera

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• Bishop : Good day, Arturo. I do not see how we can keep our eyes closed to the situation any longer, Father. There comes a time when we must take a stand. Read this. Read it out loud. I want to hear how it sounds.

  Arturo Carrera : "Entrance to this House of God is forbidden to immodestly dressed women who's frocks do not cover their elbows and their knees."

• Arturo Carrera : They haven't lost their faith in God. They've lost it in us - the Church. We failed them! They look to us for protection against cruelty and injustice and this is the kind of answer we give them? A preposterous reminder that there are certain parts of a woman's body that Bishops disapprove of.

• Bishop : For every failure, there is a martyred priest whose blood is the very seed of the Church.

  Arturo Carrera : How do I know they were martyrs?

  Bishop : Arturo, please.

  Arturo Carrera : Why weren't they simply just fools?

  Bishop : I have been very patient with you, Father.

  Arturo Carrera : How do I know they didn't die for a myth? Or, for a ghost?

• Canon Rota : You never believed in it anyway, did you?

  Arturo Carrera : No.

  Canon Rota : Neither did I. I was either too stupid or not stupid enough. I don't know which.

• Arturo Carrera : A cause isn't necessarily true because a man dies for it. His dying merely proves that he believed in it. Not that he wasn't a fool to do so!

• Arturo Carrera : You're very brave; but, you're also very foolish.

  Soledad : So are you.

• Soledad : Don't you like me?

  Arturo Carrera : Yes, very much.

  Soledad : Is it because I'm a cabaret girl?

• Arturo Carrera : I'll come back.

  Soledad : No you won't.

  Arturo Carrera : I promise you. I promise you, I will.

  Soledad : No you won't.