Prince Ahtur Quotes in Samson and Delilah (1949)

Saran of Gaza: Tell this council the weapon used against you. Well, tell them. Speak.

Prince Ahtur: [hesitates] The jawbone of an ass.

Saran of Gaza: [laughs] Lord Athur, Military Governor of Dan, Prince of Philistia, Emir of Armies, beaten with the jawbone of an ass!

Tubal: Your rich gifts rob me of words, Ahtur.

Prince Ahtur: They'll rob you of a daughter, Tubal, and enrich me with a wife.

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.

Semadar: Why should our guests care about a stupid game of words?

Prince Ahtur: It's no game to them. It's Danite against Philistine.

Semadar: The wine has dulled their senses.

Prince Ahtur: It hasn't dulled their anger.

Semadar: You're trying to frighten me because you don't want me to marry Samson.

Prince Ahtur: I don't want you to marry Samson but... there's hatred down there at your wedding feast. They think you've joined Samson against us.

Semadar: But I haven't. Tell them I haven't.

Prince Ahtur: No. You tell them the answer to the riddle.

Semadar: But I don't know it.

Prince Ahtur: Unfortunate.

Semadar: Ahtur, Samson has told me nothing.

Prince Ahtur: Surely he'll share the answer with so lovely a bride.

Semadar: But if he won't?

Prince Ahtur: Get it... or death may solve the Danite's riddle.

Prince Ahtur: This Samson has some unknown power, some secret that gives him superhuman strength. No man can stand against him.

Delilah: Perhaps he'll fall before a woman. Even Samson's strength must have a weakness. There isn't a man in the world who would not share his secrets with some woman.