“The Curse of the Jade Scorpion” quotes
(2001)
Woody Allen
directed this movie
in 2001
Title The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Year 2001
Director Woody Allen
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Year 2001
Director Woody Allen
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Plot – Woody Allen performs here CW Briggsm an insurance investigator who lives and works in New York during the '40s. Briggs is convinced he's the best detective in town. He likes to boast with Betty Ann Fitzgerald, a newly hired clerk. Briggs takes every opportunity to talk about his ability to enter the alleged fraudster's mind. This time, a thief slips into Briggs' mind thanks to Jade Scorpion's hypnotic powers and causes him many problems.
All actors – John Tormey, John Schuck, Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Kaili Vernoff, Brian Markinson, Maurice Sonnenberg, John Doumanian, Peter Gerety, Helen Hunt, Kevin Cahoon, Philip Levy, Wallace Shawn, Dan Aykroyd, Vince Giordano, Howard Alden, Ted Sommer, Randy Sandke, Peter Ecklund, Joel Helleny, Chuck Wilson, Raymond Beckenstein, Lawrence Feldman, Ken Peplowski, Dick Hyman, David Ogden Stiers, Carole Bayeux, Kenneth Edelson, Brian McConnachie, Judy Gold, Herb Lovelle, Carmen, Patrick Horgan, Howard Erskine, Ira Wheeler, Tina Sloan, Ramsey Faragallah, Bob Dorian, Arthur J. Nascarella, Trude Klein, Charlize Theron, Irwin Corey, Michael Mulheren, Peter Linari, Ray Garvey, Bruce Brown, Dan Moran, , Ty Copeman, Fabrizio Fante, Greg Stebner, Noah Weisberg
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“I may be a scummy vermin but I'm an honest scummy vermin.”
“Are you divorced or widowed? Did your husband commit suicide? I could understand that.”
“- CW Briggs: Hide in the bedroom.
- Betty Ann Fitzgerald: Can I sit down in there or will I catch something?
- CW Briggs: Germs can't live in your blood, it's too cold.”“I found the Picasso. It wasn't easy. I was looking for a woman with a guitar and it was all cubes. It took me two hours to find her nose.”
“The house is messy. If I knew you were coming I'd have had the maid rearrange the dirt.”
“A lot of women have passed through this apartment. I can't say they were all winners, but...”
“My clergyman, who happens to be wanted for pederasty, will vouch for me.”
“- Chris Magruder: You know, there's a word for people who think everyone is conspiring against them.
- CW Briggs: I know, perceptive.”“- Laura Kensington: I have a strawberry birthmark on my thigh. Want to see it?
- C.W. Briggs: Sure, when can I take the full tour?”“- CW Briggs: There's a deck of cards with naked women on it.
- Laura Kensington: Let me guess, you use it to play solitaire.
- CW Briggs: I used to date the six of spades.”
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