07 What movie did the quote: "Badges?? Badges?? We don't need no stinkin' badges?" come from ??
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07 What movie did the quote: "Badges?? Badges?? We don't need no stinkin' badges?" come from ??
This quote was originally spoken in the film "Treasure of the Sierra Madre",
written and directed by John Huston. A band of Mexican bandits approaches
Humphry Bogart and crew (Walter Huston & Tim Holt) claiming to be federales.
When Bogart asks to see their badges, the head of the band says:
"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges.
I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
This quote has been satirized in a number of films, perhaps most famously in
Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles."
By the way, this version of the quote has been verified as the exact
transcription from the film by Wayne Hathaway and Jerry Boyajian. It is
not, however, *exactly* the same as the book. In THE TREASURE OF SIERRA
MADRE by B. Traven (1935), the bandit says, "Badges, to god-damned hell
with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I
don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabron and
ching' tu madre! Come out there from that shit-hole of yours. I have
to speak to you." (page 161 of the Modern Library edition) (For the
Spanish-deprived among you, "cabron" is cuckold, "chingar" is "fuck,"
and "tu madre" is "your mother." Clearly the dialogue was cleaned up
for the film.) (See the rec.arts.books FAQ for more information about
Traven.)
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