Algiers (1938)

Robert Greig: Andre Giraux

Quotes 

• Andre Giraux : Where are you going?

  Gaby : A walk.

  Andre Giraux : But where?

  Gaby : On the Champs-Élysées.

  Andre Giraux : May I ask you to give me a sensible answer.

  Gaby : Then ask a sensible question. Where could I go? I don't know anyone in Algiers. I just walk straight ahead.

  Andre Giraux : Straight ahead? And where does that take you?

  Gaby : I'll know when I get there.

• Andre Giraux : I won't allow you to behave like this.

  Gaby : I'm glad you told me.

  Andre Giraux : What do you mean?

  Gaby : We've got to be honest. Why do you think I'm marrying you? Look at yourself and then look at me.

• Gaby : Your hotel bores me. The Head Waiter looks like an undertaker. And every time I step into this apartment, it looks more like a funeral parlor. Goodbye, darling.

  Andre Giraux : I know where you're going.

  Gaby : Huh?

  Andre Giraux : You're going to the Casbah!

• Andre Giraux : You're going to be my wife!

  Gaby : You don't make it a very pleasant propect.

• Andre Giraux : I was puzzled when you phoned.

  Inspector Slimane : My mission is rather a delicate one. But, necessary. I merely wish to suggest that your fiancée is a little too fond of - shall we say, the local color of the Casbah.

  Andre Giraux : What is all this?

  Inspector Slimane : The Casbah's hardly the place for a woman alone. She attracts too much attention, excites too much desire.

• Andre Giraux : I don't like natives.

  Gaby : Then, we'll go with Maxime. You'll protect us. Won't you Maxime?

  Max : Oh! I'm at my best with natives.