My City Guard units have tried to curtail these excesses but no constabulary can police the entire city. And the Praetorians outnumber us two to one.
Gladiator (2000)
MARCELLUS
A screenplay character in Gladiator (2000).
- lines
- 9
- words
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- scenes
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- dialogue
- 1.2%
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- 11
- shortest / longest
- 4 / 26
Sample dialogue
My City Guard units have tried to curtail these excesses but no constabulary can police the entire city. And the Praetorians outnumber us two to one.
scene 51 — EXT. ROME - WAGON- DAYThat can't be true...
scene 60 — INT. PALACE - LUCILLA'S CHAMBERS - NIGHTThe City Guard is faithful to the Republic. But we don't stand a chance against thePraetorians.
scene 60 — INT. PALACE - LUCILLA'S CHAMBERS - NIGHTI doubt it. He pays them exorbitant salaries and lets them loot and extort as they see fit. The city belongs to them.
scene 60 — INT. PALACE - LUCILLA'S CHAMBERS - NIGHTRome must know this.
scene 60 — INT. PALACE - LUCILLA'S CHAMBERS - NIGHT
Bookends
And I haven't enough men.