Jerry Walter credited as playing...
Restaurant Owner
- Matthew Bennell: What is that supposed to be?
- Chef: It is cervelles en matelote.
- Matthew Bennell: In English, what would I be eating if I ate that?
- Chef: Ah. Calves' brain in red wine.
- Matthew Bennell: Red wine and what else?
- Restaurant Owner: Mais, c'est impossible. It's impossible. It's a secret, Mr Bennell.
- Matthew Bennell: You don't have any secrets from the Department of Health, Henri.
- Matthew Bennell: [Bennell has just removed a small indistinct object from a stock pot with a pair of tweezers] What is that?
- Cook: A caper.
- Matthew Bennell: Nope.
- Restaurant Owner: You presume to tell me what is in the stock?
- Matthew Bennell: It's a rat turd.
- Restaurant Owner: A what?
- Matthew Bennell: A rat turd!
- Restaurant Owner: [sniffs the "caper"] A caper!
- Matthew Bennell: A rat turd.
- Restaurant Owner: [sniffs again, now angry] A CAPER!
- Matthew Bennell: If it's a caper, eat it.
- [the restaurateur sheepishly demurs]