Daily Dialogue — January 16, 2012

REPORTER: Mr Ness! Any comment for the record? ‘The man who put Al Capone on the spot.’

NESS: I just happened to be there when the wheel went round.

REPORTER: They say they’re going to repeal prohibition. What will you do then?

NESS: I think I’ll have a drink.

— Reporter (Charles Keller Watson), Ness (Kevin Costner), The Untouchables (1987), written by David Mamet, suggested by the book by Oscar Fraley and Eliot Ness

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is celebrating victory, suggested by Franklin Leonard. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: Despite the final courtroom scene in this movie, the real Al Capone and Eliot Ness never came face to face during their battles.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is an example of exhibiting humility after achieving victory. And how’s that for the movie’s last line?

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