Best Part?

One of my favorite is..

Luis: you will fight a hero, and if necessary you will die a hero!
Mellish: You better get some rest Luis you are beginning to talk gibberish!!
Dictator-to-be: The shortest straw will go!!
Mellish: Well, as long as it was fair!!


**thx franzkabuki for the spelling correction.. edited..

I love the grenade scene,he gets it right the 2nd time,throws away the grenade and the pin blows up in his hand!

This film has so many riotous and off-the-wall dialogues and physical comedy that it's hard for me to pick favorite scenes from. I would nominate the subway scene and the kidnapping scene. Even though these scenes have no dialogue, they are very inventive, energetic, screwy, and work very well as silent comedy. They set up the Allen character as a bumbling character with good intentions but who is ultimately in over his head when his actions pay off ironically. The film is a farce, and is like a cartoon and one of those Airplane-style spoof comedies, with gags being delivered at a breakneck speed and Allen attempting anything for a laugh. The film is also ably supported by the music of Marvin Hamlisch, which greatly complements the action elements.


"...sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.” ~ Cool Hand Luke

The translator at the airport really cracked me up.

When I'm gone I would like something to be named after me. A psychiatric disorder, for example.

The takeaway scene.

The takeaway scene.

- when allen accidentally shoots ink from the fountain pen on the hotel clerks' shirt

- when allen orders lunch for the entire rebel army from a little cafe and no one seems to think it's out of the ordinary

- parallel parking the crucifix