Telegrapher Quotes in ¡Three Amigos! (1986)

Rodrigo, Carmen: [Carmen and Rodrigo have entered the telegraph's office to send a telegram to the Three Amigos to enlist their help with El Guapo] Three Amigos, Goldsmith Pictures, Hollywood California...

Telegrapher: [nods as he is typing]

Carmen: We have seen your deeds, and think you are very great.

Telegrapher: seen your deeds...

[continues typing]

Carmen: We can pay you... One Hundred Thousand Pesos.

Rodrigo: One Hundred Thousand Pesos?

[telegrapher stops typing]

Rodrigo: We do not have a hundred thousand pesos!

Carmen: Don't worry Rodrigo, they will refuse it. But it would be an insult, not to offer it to them.

Telegrapher: [nods head, continues to type]

Carmen: One Hundred Thousand Pesos, if you come to Santo Poco, and put on a show of your strength, and stop the... the...

Rodrigo: Evil! Murdering!...

Carmen: Villaneous, El Guapo. So that once again, we can be, a peaceful village.

Telegrapher: [nods as he finishes typing] Whew.

[wipes his brow, grabs a pencil and counts the words to determine the price]

Telegrapher: 23 pesos.

[he smiles]

Carmen: [looks to Rodrigo. Rodrigo looks at the cash, looks back to Carmen and shakes his head no] We only have... ten.

Telegrapher: Hm. Okay, I give you the ten peso version!

[begins to mark through some of the words]

Telegrapher: You are very great! One Hundred Thousand Pesos, if you come to Santo Poco, put on show, stop the...

[looks at the telegram, then looks up in thought, then back to Carmen]

Telegrapher: I put, infamous, El Guapo!

Carmen: Infamous?

Telegrapher: Si'!

[Spanish for "yes"]

Telegrapher: ! It means, evil, murdering, all like you said! And it will save you money!

Carmen: Oh, thank you!

Telegrapher: Com'o no!

[Spanish for "of course". He begins to enter the message via morse code to its destination]

Telegrapher: .

[last lines]

Walter Burns: That train that just left, what's the first stop?

Telegrapher: Gary, Indiana.

Walter Burns: All right. Send a message to the police chief at Gary, Indiana. Tell him to meet the midnight train to Philadelphia and arrest one Hildy Johnson.

Telegrapher: Hildy Johnson?

Walter Burns: Yeah. Son of a bitch stole my watch.