West of Zanzibar (1928)

Lon Chaney: Phroso

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• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I'm particular who I eat with. Feed her on the floor!

  Doc : I'm down pretty low, but not so far that I'll stand for this.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Yair? Well, you'll stand for anything *I* say.

  Maizie : Say, Mister! Don't get in trouble on account of me.

  Doc : I'll eat with her. I'm particular about who I eat with, too.

• Bumbu : King Lunkaboola... he... come!

  Doc : Dead-Legs, if you keep bringin' those black-birds here for your daft shows... they'll tumble to our game!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Forget it, Doc! Get my box of tricks!

  Doc : We'll end up being a mess of chops for those cannibals!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Chops... nothin'! I'm goin' to be king of the whole pack!

• Doc : You're a puzzle, Dead-Legs. One minute you're a fiend and the next... you're almost human.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You ain't here to understand me, Doc. You're here 'cause I need you to keep me crawlin'.

  Doc : At that, I guess it's healthier to be with you than against you.

• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I've been waitin' for you.

  Mr. Crane : Word comes to me that it's you who's been stealin' my ivory.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : And I intend to pay you for everything.

  Mr. Crane : Phroso... the magician!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Right you are... Mr. Crane!

• Mr. Crane : Come on! What's this all about? What are you wrecking that girl for?

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You'll find out. That's why I brought you here.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : That's Anna's child! YOUR DAUGHTER!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : When I found Anna... she was dead! And that brat of yours was with her!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I had her raised in the lowest dive in Zanzibar... so you could be proud of her!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : And now I've got a real treat comin' for her... and her father!

  Mr. Crane : You're her father... not ME! She's... your daughter! YOURS!

  Mr. Crane : Now listen! Your wife never went away with me... Do you hear? She never went away with me!

  Mr. Crane : When she found out what I did to you... she hated me!

• [first lines] 

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Ashes to ashes! Dust to dust!

• [members of the tribe parade around in Maizie's clothing] 

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I'm so sorry. I thought you'd gone away, so I gave them your clothes.

  Maizie : There's nothing too low for you to do, is there?

• Bumbu : Me do like you say. Me tell white trader you steal ivory. Three days he be here.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Now, go tell tribe! White trader white girl's father.

• Doc : Take this, it will make you feel better.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Break that glass! I might drink out of it... by mistake!

• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Get Doc in here to fix my back!

  Tiny : Don't let him cut into you tonight. He's full of that stuff.

• Bumbu : We... come... get... white girl!

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : We... make... her... ready... for... funeral... here. Bring... tribe.

• [last lines] 

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Evil Spirit come... take white girl.

  King Lunkaboola : No believe!

• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : [speaking to the newly deceased Anna]  He told me you loved him. That's why I never followed you. For all the suffering he brought her... he's going to pay! I'll find him! I'll make him pay! He and his brat will pay!

• Doc : Dead-Legs, we've robbed that trader of plenty. Let's beat it before he gets us.

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : No. I'm even goin' to send him word where to find the man who's robbin' him.

  [Doc starts to speak in protest] 

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : I said *No!* He made me this thing that crawls... now I'm ready to bite!

  Tiny : Yair, bite! I'll bet that's what the cannibals did to Babe!

  Doc : Babe's all right! I sent him to Zanzibar! He's bringin' back a little sweetheart... for Doc! A blonde one!

• Mr. Crane : Aw, you poor blind idiot! Don't you understand? She's gone! She loves me... do you hear? And I'm taking her to Africa!

  [Pushes Phroso over a second floor banister] 

  Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Anna! Anna, I love you! Don't go! I love you!

• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : Babe, tell Bumbu to carry out my orders!

• Phroso 'Dead-Legs' : You're feelin' kinda shaky, ain't you?