The Robe (1953)
Richard Burton: Marcellus Gallio
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Quotes
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Peter : Let me tell you of the burden I bear. Justus told the others I was steadfast. He didn't know. The night Jesus needed me most, I denied him... not once... but 3 times. I swore I never knew him. Now...
Marcellus Gallio : [stammering, pointing to himself] I... crucified him.
Peter : I know. Demetrius told me.
Marcellus Gallio : [shocked] And you can forgive me?
Peter : He forgave you from the cross. Can I do less? Now, is there anything stopping you? Can you become one of us?
Marcellus Gallio : [new strength in his voice] From this day forward, I am enlisted in His service. I offer Him my fortune, my sword, and my life. And this I pledge to you on my honor as a Roman.
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Diana : It's good to see you, Marcellus.
Marcellus Gallio : It's ah - good to see you - again.
Diana : Then you do remember me?
Marcellus Gallio : Ah - yes, of course. Let me see now, it was the - was the...
Diana : And your promise, have you forgotten that too?
Marcellus Gallio : What promise?
Diana : To marry me.
Marcellus Gallio : Was I drunk?
Diana : That's not very flattering, Marcellus.
Marcellus Gallio : Oh, I - I mean, if you'd tell me when I was supposed to have said this - the circumstances...
Diana : Oh, I remember them perfectly. I'd cut my finger, and I cried. And then you took the dagger and cut your own finger to show that it didn't really hurt, and then you kissed me, and I stopped crying - and then you promised to marry me when we grew up.
Marcellus Gallio : Dianna! Where have your freckles gone?
Diana : I lost them.
Marcellus Gallio : Oh, I loved every one of them.
Diana : Then I'm sorry I lost them.
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Diana : Then all the tales I've heard of you are true.
Marcellus Gallio : Every man makes enemies.
Diana : All your enemies seem to be women.
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Caligula : You put him to death? Then why are you risking your life for him?
Marcellus Gallio : I owe Him more than my life.
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Emperor Tiberius : Tell me, what was your impression of Pilate?
Marcellus Gallio : It's not my place to...
Emperor Tiberius : I'm asking you. Did you find him capable?
Marcellus Gallio : Yes sire, he's considered a good administrator.
Emperor Tiberius : Stern, as befits a Roman governor?
Marcellus Gallio : I'm sure of that, sire.
Emperor Tiberius : Just?
Marcellus Gallio : I - I can't say.
Emperor Tiberius : Why not? Surely you can give me some sort of an answer? Tell me, tribune - what happened out there?
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Diana : Are you still ill?
Marcellus Gallio : No, I'm well. Really well, for the first time in my life.
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Diana : No, Marcellus, they'll kill you!
Marcellus Gallio : You must have faith...
Diana : Faith in what? This new God of yours? How can he help you? He couldn't help his own son. They crucified him and they'll kill you too!
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Diana : Perhaps you don't believe that a girl of eleven could fall in love, and stay in love all these years...
Marcellus Gallio : Don't cry, my love. Lucia thought I was in love, and I laughed at her, but women are wise in these matters.
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[repeated line]
Marcellus Gallio : Were you... out there?
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Marcellus Gallio : Surely you don't believe he rose from the dead.
Justus : He lives more surely than we do.
Marcellus Gallio : He's DEAD! And no moonstruck girl can sing him to life again!
Justus : How do you know that he's dead?
Marcellus Gallio : The soldier told me. The soldier who saw the lance thrust into his side. The soldier who was - out there!
Justus : What's wrong?
Marcellus Gallio : Were you out there?
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Marcellus Gallio : [after learning that Caligula has posted him to a back-water military command far away from Rome] Where's Jerusalem?
Sen. Gallio : Palestine - the worst pesthole in the Empire. They're stiff-necked, riotous people, always on the verge of rebellion. Our Legions there are the scum of the army - the officers little better than the men. Disease takes them off like flies. Some have been assassinated - sometimes by their own men. Others have spared the assassins the trouble. What Caligula hopes he has given you is your death sentence.
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Marcellus Gallio : [waking up from a nightmare of Jesus being nailed to the cross] No! No! Stop it! Stop it!
Marcellus Gallio : [runs out on deck] Stop it! Why don't you stop it!
Ship's captain : Stop what, sir?
Marcellus Gallio : Were you out there?
