Marathon Man1976

Szell:
Is it safe? [pause] Is it safe?

Babe:
You're talking to me?

Szell:
Is it safe?

Babe:
Is what safe?

Szell:
Is it safe?

Babe:
I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about.

Szell:
Is it safe?

Babe:
Tell me what the "it" refers to.

Szell:
Is it safe?

Babe:
Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.

Szell:
Is it safe?

Babe:
No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful. [laughs but in a scared manner]

[Szell takes his dental explorer and mouth mirror and approaches Babe]

Szell:
Hm. Relax, relax, relax. Come on. Open. Uh-huh. Okay, okay. [Babe opens his mouth] Come on.

[Szell explores Babe's mouth with a dental instrument]

Babe:
Huh! Ugh!

Szell:
That hurt?

Babe:
Uh-huh.

Szell:
I know. I should think it would. You should take better care of your teeth. You have a...[hits the cavity again]

Babe:
Aah!

Szell:
...a cav...quite a cavity here. Is it safe?

Babe:
Look, I told you I can't... [Szell stabs the probe into the nerve] AAH! AAAH! Aah!

Karl:
[holds Babe's head again] You thinks he knows?

Erhard:
Of course he knows! He's being very stubborn.

[Szell then opens a small bottle of oil of cloves]

Babe:
Oh, oh please. Please! Please don't. No.

Szell:
It's okay.

Babe:
Huh?

[Szell applies the bottle of oil of cloves to kill the pain]

Szell:
Is it not remarkable? Simple oil of cloves, and how amazing the results. Life can be that simple: [holds up the oil] Relief... [and the probe tool] Discomfort. Now which of these I next apply? That decision is in your hands. So... take your time... and tell me... is it safe?

Babe:
Aah. [says in a hushed tone] Please stop. Please, stop. Note: the line, "Is it safe?" is ranked #70 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.