Salem's Lot (1979)

James Mason: Richard K. Straker

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Quotes 

• Straker : The master wants you. Throw away your cross, face the master. Your faith against his faith... Could you do that? Is your faith enough?... Then do it... Throw away the cross. Face the master. Faith against faith.

• Straker : You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow. And he'll enjoy you.

• Straker : English

  Ben Mears : [holding antique fork in hand]  Georgian.

  Straker : You have some expertise.

  Ben Mears : No, not really. I just happen to know something about silver. My aunt had some Georgian and we had to sell it when she died.

  Straker : What an unfortunate way to acquire knowledge.

• Straker : You can do nothing against the master. Stop, Holy man! Or he'll cut the boy's throat. Back! Back! Holy man! Back, Shaman. Back, Priest!

• Straker : Oh, you're the writer. On vacation or vocation?

• Constable Parkins Gillespie : Not bothered by yowens?

  Straker : Yowens?

  Constable Parkins Gillespie : Kids. Local word. You know how kids like to devil new folks.

• Mark Petrie : [shouts]  What did you do to her?

  Straker : I've taken her to where she wished to go... To meet the man she came here to meet.

  [closes door] 

• Constable Parkins Gillespie : Bye.

  Straker : Ciao, Constable.

  Constable Parkins Gillespie : Chow?

  Straker : Ciao, it's a familiar Italian expression meaning "Goodbye."

  Constable Parkins Gillespie : I didn't know you were Italian.

  Straker : I'm not, the word is.

  Constable Parkins Gillespie : Well, you learn something new every day.