The Honey Pot (1967)

Adolfo Celi: Inspector Rizzi

Quotes 

• Merle McGill : I guess it must be hard for you to understand, Inspector, a man like me and Cecil Fox.

  Inspector Rizzi : Not hard at all.

  Merle McGill : But how can I say it, Inspector... He was my first... man. Somehow you just never forget your first man.

  Inspector Rizzi : I remember mine - vividly.

  [Merle throws him a curious glance] 

  Inspector Rizzi : He also got away.

• Merle McGill : After all, honesty is the best policy, right?

  Inspector Rizzi : Debatable. But, at the moment I would appreciate it.

• Princess Dominique : I have no need for Mr. Fox's money.

  Inspector Rizzi : That is what truly baffles me. This incredible wealth which nobody needs and everybody wants.

• Inspector Rizzi : I salute the Anglo-Saxon woman.

• Inspector Rizzi : Miss McGill, I understand the necessity of you to arrive in Venice incognito.

  Merle McGill : I wouldn't go anywheres uninvited.

  Inspector Rizzi : I must have used the wrong word. My English is uh... .

• Merle McGill : When you do talk to Princess Dominique, you know what she's gonna tell ya?

  Inspector Rizzi : If I had such capability, I would never get out of bed.

  Merle McGill : She's gonna say that she and I were here, in my room, all night, playing gin rummy together. That'll be a lie. For one thing, she can't even play gin rummy.

  Inspector Rizzi : Fascinating! Now, why would she choose a game she could not play?

  Merle McGill : [with a "caught" look on her face]  Yeah, that was stupid of her, but the name of the game isn't important.

• Merle McGill : OK, shamus, so what's on your mind? Or, to be exact, on both your minds?

  Inspector Rizzi : Shamus? You use too many American idioms I do not know.

• Inspector Rizzi : That is what truly baffles me: this incredible wealth, which nobody needs - and everybody wants.

• Inspector Rizzi : A great genius. If it were not for Signor Perry Mason, every week, in America, an innocent person would be convicted of murder.