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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

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Directed by
David Mamet

Written by
David Mamet

Cast
Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Jay [more]


Release Date
• USA: Apr 3, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 3, 2003

MPAA Rating
Rated PG for thematic elements including tension, some violent images and brief language.

Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes

Country USA

Studio Jean Doumanian Productions, Sweetland Films

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Other Titles
• The Spanish Prisoner



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 Quotes from The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
1
Susan Ricci: It shows to go you, you never know who anybody is.

  
2
Joe Ross: Funny old world.
Susan Ricci: Funny old world? Dog my cats!
Joe Ross: Dog my cats indeed.

  
3
Jimmy Dell: I'm a problem solver, with a heart of gold.

  
4
Detective Jones: Nobody looks at a Japanese tourist.

  
5
George Lang: Worry is like interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

  
6
George Lang: We must never forget that we are human, and as humans we dream, and when we dream we dream of money.

  
7
George Lang: Nobody going on a business trip would have been missed if he never arrived.

  
8
George Lang: Beware of all enterprises which require new clothes.

  
9
Jimmy Dell: Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.

  
10
Mr. Klein: If we all do our jobs, we will each be rewarded according to our just desserts.

  
11
Susan Ricci: Who in this world is what they seem to be? Who?

  
12
Susan Ricci: You never know who anybody is, except me. I am who I am.

  
13
FBI Team Leader: It's an interesting setup, Mr. Ross. It is the oldest confidence game on the books. The Spanish Prisoner. Fellow says him and his sister, wealthy refugees, left a fortune in the home country. He got out, girl and the money stuck in Spain. Here is her most beautiful portrait. And he needs money to get her and the fortune out. Man who supplies the money gets the fortune and the girl. Oldest con in the world.

  
14
George Lang: How are things in the outer office?
Susan Ricci: My troika was pursued by wolves.
George Lang: It's a good thing this cookie arrived unscathed.

  
15
George Lang: I put a thief in my mouth to steal my brain.

  
16
Susan Ricci: Next time, be born Italian.

  
17
Jimmy Dell: Good people, bad people, they generally look like what they are.

  
18
Jimmy Dell: You now have a Swiss bank account if anybody asks. Crédit Nationale Du Génève code name 'PADDY'. Lavish awkward gesture. All of fifteen Swiss Francs in it, but if you ever want to impress anybody, they can find out you have a Swiss account. But, Swiss law prohibits the bank from revealing the balance. Thus are all men made equal.

  


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