Kim

Kim (1950)

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Kim: How do you fair on the road?
Lama: On charity. What is the custom of charity in this town? In silence or aloud?
Kim: Those who beg in silence starve in silence.
Lama: I beg as the master begged. Even as he went, so do I.

Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard: When a colt is born to be a polo pony, I think it would be a crime to bind him to a heavy cart.

Kim: He who travels alone travels fastest.
Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard: But not as safely.

Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard: Well done, friend of all the world, well done.
Kim: Gratitude is good for the ear, but a rupee is better for the stomach.
Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard: One day you'll make a great trader.

Continuity mistake: Near the end, Kim's string of beads alternates between being tucked inside his jacket in full shots and hanging outside the coat, draped over his lapels, in close-ups.

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