The Executioner (1963)

Ángel Álvarez: Álvarez, el enterrador

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• Álvarez, el enterrador : [subtitled version] 

  [José Luis has just mediated the fight between two men in the street] 

  Álvarez, el enterrador : What happened?

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : They were fighting. In a flash it can turn into a violent crime.

  Álvarez, el enterrador : So?

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : Have you forgotten my new job?

• Álvarez, el enterrador : [subtitled version]  Did you see the executioner? They were paying him. How much you think he gets?

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : How would I know? Actually, he looks like a normal person. If we met in a café, I'd never suspect. I liked the guy.

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Really?

  [pointing at the coffin] 

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Ask this guy if he felt the same way.

• Álvarez, el enterrador : [while Amadeo, José Luis, Carmen, Álvarez and his wife Ignacia are in a picnic in the country]  We should come out here in the van every Sunday. It's delightful here.

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : Yes, but what about the duties...? Everybody who dies on Sunday should go to jail!

• Amadeo, el verdugo : [subtitled version] 

  [while at a picnic in the country] 

  Amadeo, el verdugo : Young people today want to be free!

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Of course.

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : Yeah, free to put up with my sister-in-law, the old bag!

  Amadeo, el verdugo : Careful! A fellow poisoned his sister-in-law three years ago...

  Álvarez, el enterrador : And you finished him off.

  Amadeo, el verdugo : Of course.

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Tell me about it.

  Amadeo, el verdugo : But your wife...

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Don't worry. She's out like a light. Now, about that guy...?

  Amadeo, el verdugo : It didn't go smoothly.

  Carmen, la hija de Amadeo : Father, we just ate!

  Amadeo, el verdugo : [while he wraps a newspaper leaf]  He had a neck like a bull. So the irons were too small.

  Álvarez, el enterrador : That's for sure.

  Amadeo, el verdugo : [putting the wrapped leaf onto Álvarez's neck]  You have to put them... Lift your head up.

• Álvarez, el enterrador : [subtitled version] 

  [José Luis and Álvarez get out of the bank in undertaker's uniforms. José Luis is yet an executioner] 

  Álvarez, el enterrador : Well, I guess I'm the dummy here.

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : Why?

  Álvarez, el enterrador : You met Carmen because of me. Now you're living it up with an apartment, a motorcycle, and a plum job.

  José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador : You can apply too. There's an opening in Málaga.