Mafia (1968)

Serge Reggiani: Parrinieddu

Quotes 

• Parrinieddu : I need to stay alive Captain. It's in the interest of justice. Yes sir, there are plenty of Captains and Carabinieri - but informers are rare. You mustn't send me off to the slaughter in such a hurry!

  Capt. Bellodi : Look, if you don't let out what you know, I'll send you to the butchers right away!

• Parrinieddu : Talk, talk, talk! Captain, the informer merely hints, he doesn't reveal. The real truth lies between a thousand lies, because the informer doesn't trust the Carabinieri.

• Parrinieddu : Captain, betrayal is a living for me. This evening I betray the mafia, tomorrow the Carabinieri. It's balanced. A little bit for everyone.

• Parrinieddu : Who was to shoot was decided by a card game. Two shots, and a cuckold met the King of Diamonds. It's not true that cuckolds are lucky!

  Capt. Bellodi : And so the cuckold is Nicolosi?

  Parrinieddu : Easy, Captain! Not so fast. We're talking about an imaginary cuckold. Nameless, just simply a cuckold. But, whoever murdered Colasberna, killed him because of cement, and not for horns.