Samson and Delilah (1949)
Victor Mature: Samson
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Quotes
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Samson : You came to this house as wedding guests. Fire and death are your gifts to my bride. For all that I do against you now, I shall be blameless. I'll give you back fire for fire, and death for death!
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Samson : Your arms were quicksand. Your kiss was death. The name Delilah will be an everlasting curse on the lips of men.
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Tubal : [holding Delilah and trading her for Semadar] Look! Here! Samson. My other daughter. Take her. She'll make you a much better wife. She's fairer than Semadar, and much, much more beautiful.
Samson : You give me a turnip for a...
Tubal : Wait, wait Samson. This one is a queen among women. Samson, look. Look. Have you ever seen eyes like that? So full of love for you? See the whiteness of her skin, smooth as a young dove's. Oh she'll grow into a rare blossom.
Samson : She'll grow into a thornbush!
Delilah : [grasps Samson] Did a thornbush steal the chariot that took you to the lion? Did a thornbush tell the Saran how you killed it with your bare hands? No, I did, and he believed me, then you chose Semadar.
Samson : Take your claws out of me!
Delilah : You'll never get them out of you. I made Ahtur steal the riddle's secret from Semadar. I lied to stop you from marrying her. I'll kill to keep you. You're the only thing in the world I want.
Samson : [to Tubal] Hold this fork-tongued adder before I put a heel on her.
Delilah : If you crush the life out of me I'd kiss you with my dying breath!
Samson : [to Tubal] And you want me to marry this wild cat?
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Samson : A man must marry where his heart leads him, little mother.
Hazelelponit : A man's heart can be blind, son.
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Samson : Miriam, you're further above me than the moon.
Miriam : But not as hard to reach. Only stretch out your hand.
Samson : I don't want to hurt you, Miriam. You're like a sparrow, so gentle and...
Miriam : That's a very gentle way of telling me that you're in love with someone else?
Samson : You always see through people as if they were cobwebs.
Miriam : I hear you saw a woman in Timnath.
Samson : Yes... and I can't forget her.
Miriam : You did the same with me. I can't forget you.
[Miriam walks to the door]
Samson : [approaches Miriam at the door] Miriam.
Miriam : I'll always be here.
[Miriam closes the door]
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Samson : I prayed for an angel of the Lord and the Devil sent me you.
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Samson : [reaching for a cluster of grapes that Semadar has held up high] A man shouldn't have to reach at his own wedding feast.
Semadar : The most desirable grapes are always out of reach.
Samson : [reaches again] Not if you reach high enough.
Prince Ahtur : [grabs the cluster of grapes from Semadar's hand] Or wait long enough.
Semadar : You waited too long, Ahtur.
Samson : For what?
Prince Ahtur : Entertainment.
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Samson : Delilah...
Delilah : No, I will not listen.
Samson : But you asked me to...
Delilah : I don't want to hear you.
Samson : Three times you plagued me to tell you.
Delilah : And three times you've lied to me. You said new ropes that had never been used would hold you.
Samson : Who knows the strength of a rope that's never been used?
Delilah : Then you told me your strength would go if I wove your hair to the web of my loom. Now look at my loom.
Samson : I'd rather look at you.
Delilah : It's no use, Samson. You'll always find a new trick to deceive me. The night I came to the Valley of Sorek, you wanted to send me away. You were right. It is better that I go.
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Hazelelponit : What did I tell you? He wants to marry a Philistine!
Manoah : Samson, you would not bring this shame upon us.
Samson : There's no shame in marriage, father.
Manoah : To a Philistine woman?
Samson : Father, Semadar pleases me. Go to Tubal of Timnath and say I will take his daughter to wife.
Manoah : The law forbids it.
Samson : A Philistine law?
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Samson : You could bind a man tighter than the Saran's chains.
Delilah : Could I bind you?
Samson : No, Delilah. You're going back to the Saran the only way you can be trusted.
Delilah : Oh? Will you kill me yourself? You could crush me between these two hands. Why don't you? I told you once I'd kiss you with my dying breath.
Samson : Your kiss has the sting of death.
Delilah : I don't believe you could kill me. You could try. You're afraid to kill me.
Samson : I'll let the Devil do that.
Delilah : I know you will, but don't make me eat supper alone.
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Samson : Even sparrows don't travel this far from their trade routes. Why did you?
Delilah : The jewel box is in that silver chest.
Samson : Where's your husband?
Delilah : I have no husband.
Samson : Then call your master.
Delilah : I have no master.
Samson : The table is laid for two.
Delilah : I'm expecting a caller.
Samson : Yes? Who?
Delilah : You, Samson.
Samson : You know my name?
Delilah : All Gaza knows yours name.
Samson : They don't like it, I'm told.
Delilah : They respected it, before the mighty Samson became a common robber.
Samson : And Delilah became the great courtesan of Gaza.
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Delilah : I'm stupid, Samson, to think I could deceive you. Steal what you like.
Samson : This is not stealing. These are taxes. Your Saran taxes us, I tax the Philistines.
Delilah : What pretty Danite girl will wear these taxes?
Samson : They'll buy armor...
[looks at Delilah]
Samson : They'll buy armor to protect us against Philistine spears.
Delilah : You need protection?
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Samson : [to Semadar, after she had thrown a javelin near the tail of a lion's skin] That's a good throw. But the lion's heart is at the other end.
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Semadar : Have you lost your senses? The whole hunting party will be here! The Saran himself is coming from Gaza.
Samson : I know. I came to help him kill the lion.
Semadar : You'd rather help the lion kill the Saran.
Samson : Not until he gives us permission for our marriage.
Semadar : Our marriage? You have lost your senses.
Samson : And my heart.
Semadar : You've whispered that in a lot of pretty ears.
Samson : None as pretty as yours.
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Semadar : [Delilah flicks a plum pit at Samson] My sister does her lion hunting with plum pits.
Samson : [to Delilah] Be good, now, or the game may eat the hunter.
Semadar : I can't really blame her for hunting you. Samson, you are rather like a lion.
Samson : Then you should learn more about lion hunting.
Semadar : Proud and strong and fearless.
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Samson : You like to have people bow to the might of spears. I like to have spears...
[bends spear]
Samson : bow to people.
[looks at Semadar]
Samson : Especially beautiful women.
Prince Ahtur : You destroy a weapon that you lack skill to use.
Samson : Perhaps Semadar will teach me. After our marriage.
Prince Ahtur : Marriage?
[chuckles]
Prince Ahtur : Your humor is even greater than your strength.
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[Semadar has left with Ahtur. Delilah throws a plum at Samson so he will notice her]
Delilah : I don't like Ahtur, either.
Samson : [unbends the javelin and pokes it into the ground near Delilah] Hunt your lions with that, nimrod.
Delilah : If you killed the lion, they'd call you great.
Samson : I can bend their spears but I cannot run their horses.
Delilah : I can get you there first. We have stables.
Samson : What's your price?
Delilah : Take me with you.
Samson : You're a bold little monkey. What's your name?
Delilah : Delilah.
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Samson : Look about you, Delilah. The moon that lights this oasis by night and the sun that lights it by day are not there by chance. In the beginning, there was only darkness. Until one power created light, shaped the earth and all the things that live upon it.
Delilah : Your invisible God.
Samson : My strength comes from Him.
Delilah : But how does His power reach you? Is He here with us now?
Samson : He's everywhere. The wind, the sea, the fire. In your heart if you believe in Him. His is the only power in the world that can break open a seed and raise it into that great tree.
Delilah : And can I share this power with you?
Samson : Anyone can share it. It's a gift that makes men greater than themselves. With it, some can stir the soul with music. Others can read the truth in men's hearts and forgive them. To me, it's the strength to break any bonds that can be put upon me.
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Samson : How long will your forget me, o Lord? How long will your hand be set against me? l call out through the long nights, but you do not hear me. O Lord, god of my fathers, they called unto you and were delivered. Do not forsake me, o Lord.
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Samson : O Lord, God of my fathers... O Lord, I'm despised by all men. They mock me, saying, ''He trust his God to deliver him.'' You are my God. Be not far from me. For there is no other help. My strength has melted like wax. My heart is dry of hope. l'm blinded and among enemies. O Lord, o my strength. Send me your sign.
