:28:06
A glass of Vichy, right?
:28:08
Cognac, please, to get the taste
of feathers out of my mouth.
:28:13
Little birdie, pretty little birdie
:28:16
Little birdie, fly away with me
:28:20
- You off duty?
- Permanently.
:28:24
- I've been bounced from the police force.
- You don't say?
:28:27
Had the goods on me. Insubordination,
accepting bribes and a missing button.
:28:32
So they took away my medal,
threw me out of the barracks.
:28:36
Reminds me of when I was drummed out
of the army. Marrakech, you know.
:28:40
I was a colonel in the foreign legion.
:28:43
Before or after you were
a professor of economics?
:28:46
No, in between I was a croupier
in Monte Carlo, but that's another story.
:28:49
Oh. Well... one more.
:28:53
So, what's your next move?
:28:55
I've been lookin' for a job,
applied to all the bureaus -
:28:58
customs inspection, sanitation - but once
you've been dishonourably discharged...
:29:02
...they won't even let you
clean the sewers.
:29:05
I hate to see a young man like you
take a defeatist attitude.
:29:09
The world is full of opportunities.
Just look around.
:29:14
There's one-armed Jojo,
used to be a safecracker...
:29:18
...till he put a little too much
nitroglycerin in a vault.
:29:21
And Casablanca Charlie. Five years ago
he walked in with holes in his shoes...
:29:26
...and a pocketful of dirty postcards.
:29:29
Or take Hippolyte the Ox, used to be
a purse-snatcher around the market.
:29:34
They all started at the bottom, but they
had perseverance and drive and vision.
:29:40
Now they've got it made. They're retired.
They let their girls work for them.
:29:47
I'm afraid I wasn't
cut out for a life of crime.
:29:49
There you go, selling yourself short.
:29:52
Oh, maybe I could snatch a purse
or crack a small safe...
:29:56
...but to sit around in a striped suit
while some girl out in the street... never.