Ed Cunningham Now, come on, Doc! What kind of oriental hocus-pocus is going on around here? A circus with no wagons, no animals, no cages? A crazy old magician? What's it all about?
Played by John Ericson 
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) · 23 quotes
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) · 23 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964): in 5 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Lao (2)
All those stories about me, they're lies. I'm not a bank robber or a cattle rustler, and I've never kicked a woman in the stomach even once, really!
Scenes with Ed Cunningham
4 scenes Ed Cunningham Ed Cunningham Hey! How come you speak perfect English all of a sudden?
Ed Cunningham Oh, it just comes and goes?
Ed Cunningham [Dr. Lao is fishing in a dried-up riverbed.]
I hate to tell you this, Doctor, but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river.
That's okay. Me no use bait.
I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy.
Ed Cunningham And what is the truth, Stark?
It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal.
