Hangman
Any last requests, pig?
Rick Yeah. Loosen the knot and let me go.
Hangman
(hesitates, then in Arabic)
Shall I let him go?
Yahemar, of course you don't let him go!
Played by Brendan Fraser 
The Mummy (1999) · 49 quotes
The Mummy (1999) · 49 quotes
Most-quoted character in The Mummy (1999): in 30 of its 49 quotes
Most scenes with: Evelyn (8), Jonathan (8), Evie (7)
Scenes with Rick
30 scenes Rick Rick You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn't you, Beni?
What friend? You are my only friend.
Rick [Picks him up and slams him on the table]
Why the hell are you hanging around this guy?! What's in it for you?
It is better to be at the right hand of the devil than in his path. As long as I serve him, I am immune.
Rick [smashing him against a wardrobe]
Immune from what?
Piszkos állat...(Filthy animal)
Rick What did you say?!
I don't wanna tell you- you'll just hurt me some more.
Rick What are you looking for? And try not to lie to me! (Holds Beni up against a ceiling fan)
AHH! The book! The black book they found in Hamunaptra! He wants it back! He said to me it would be worth its weight in gold!
What does he want the book for?
Oh come on, I don't know... (Rick shoves him closer to the fan) AH! Something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life! But that's all, I swear! Just the book, I swear... (Rick lowers him to the floor, Beni glances at Jonathan) And your sister. (sees the look on Rick's face) but other than that...!
You're saying you were actually in Hamunaptra?
Rick Yeah, I was there.
You swear?
Rick Every damn day.
I think this may be the Book of the Dead.
Rick The Book of the Dead? Are you sure you wanna be playing around with this thing?
It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.
Rick (wind blows eerily, as it has several times during tense conversations)
...That happens a lot around here.
Rick You dream about dead guys?
Rick (finding Evie staring at the resurrected corpse of Imhotep)
There you are! You've been playing hide and seek, now come on, let's get out of here! (sees Imhotep for the first time) WHOA!
Rick (Imhotep roars) (roars back and shoots Imhotep with his shotgun)
Move!
Rick Well, if it ain't my little buddy Beni! I think I'll kill you.(readies gun)
Think of my children!
Rick You don't have any children.
...Some day I might.
Rick Shut up! So you're the one who's leading the Americans. So what's the scam Beni? You take them out to the middle of the desert, and then you leave them to rot!?
Unfortunately, no. These Americans are smart. They pay me only half now, half when I get them back to Cairo. So this time I must go all the way.
Rick Them's the breaks, huh? (holsters gun)
You never believed in Hamunaptra, O'Connell. Why are you going back?
Rick (looking at Evie)
See that girl. She saved my neck.
You always did have more balls than brains. (laughs)
Rick (laughs along) Goodbye, Beni. (throws him overboard)
Rick Can you swim?
Well of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it!
Rick (Picks her up)
Trust me, it calls for it! (throws her overboard)
(as ship is burning)
O'Connell, O'Connell! What are we going to do? What are we going to do?!
Rick Wait here! I'll go get help! (jumps overboard)
Right! [Mills about uncertainly, then realises] Aargh! Yallah! [Jumps off boat]
Rick Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!
Rick (plonking his backpack in front of Evie, who is startled)
Sorry. Didn't mean to scare ya.
The only thing that scares me, Mr. O'Connell, are your manners.
Rick Ah, still angry about that kiss?
If you call that a kiss.
By the way, why did you kiss me?
Rick (while loading handgun)
I was about to be hanged; it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Ooh! (angrily storms off)
Rick (confused)
What? What did I say?
So what has your little problem got to do with His Majesty's Royal Air Corps?
Rick Not a damn thing.
Is it dangerous?
Rick Well, you probably won't live through it.
Well, everybody else we've bumped into has died. Why not you?
[Rick and the rest of the group make a toast; drinks their shots, then spits them out in disgust; scene cuts to show others in the bar spitting out their drinks as well] [wipes lips]
Sweet Jesus! It tasted just like—
Rick [drops shot glass in shock; stands up]
Blood!
[Camera focuses on water fountain Rick is seeing; water is blood red] [quoting from Bible]
"And the rivers and waters in Egypt ran red, and were as blood..."
Rick [about Imhotep]
He's here...
Rick You're gonna get yours, Beni! You hear me?! You're gonna get yours!
Oh, like I've never heard that before!
What is that?
Rick Sounds like...bugs.
What do you mean bugs? I hate bugs!
Rick Yes.
Can you believe--
Rick Yeah.
Can we just--
Rick No.
Rick You're with me on this one, right?
Oh, your strength gives me strength. (after a moment, takes off running for the ruins) Wait for me!
Rick Yeah, something like that.
Well, Egypt is in my blood. [shows picture in locket] You see, my father was a very, very famous explorer. And he loved Egypt so much, he married my mother, who was an Egyptian and an adventurer herself.
Rick Yeah, I get your father, I get your mother. [points to Jonathan] I get him, but what are you doing here?
[offended]
Look, I...I may not be an explorer, or, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am!
Rick And what is that?
I...am a librarian! [drops to her knees] I'm going to kiss you...Mr O'Connell.
Rick Call me Rick.
Rick Get ready for it.
For what?
Rick We're about to be blown away.
Can you believe it!
Burns
Hamunaptra!
Rick Here we go again.
Rick You know... do I know you?
No, no, I've just got one of those faces...(Rick punches him)
Burns
Hey, that's my toolkit!
Rick No, I don't think so [Points gun at him]
Burns
O-kay, perhaps I was mistaken...
(taking a break from trying to open the floor under Anubis)
Ooh, and you know how they took out your brains?
They take a sharp, red hot poker, stick it up your nose, scramble things about a bit, and then rip it all out through your nostrils.
Rick Oofh, that's gotta hurt...
It's called mummification, you'll be dead when they do this...
Rick For the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification...
Likewise. [hits a stone and the ceiling near them gives way]
Rick Is he supposed to look like that?
No – no, I've never seen a mummy look like this before, he's still – still –
Jonathan and Rick
Juicy.
Yes, he must be over 3000 years old and he looks as if he's still decomposing.
Rick [sees marks on sarcophagus lid]
Hey, what do you make of this?
My god, what could this—[traces fingers over marks] Fingernails! This man was buried alive. And he left a message: "Death is only the beginning."
Rick Thought you didn't believe in that fairy tales and hocum stuff (to cat) Shoo!
Having an encounter with a three thousand year old walking talking corpse does tend to convert one!
We must stop him from regenerating. Who opened that chest?
Well, there was me and Daniels here. And Burns, of course...
And that Egyptologist fella.
Rick What about my buddy Beni?
Nah, he scrammed out of there before we opened the damn thing.
Yeah, he was the smart one.
Rick Yeah...that sounds like Beni.
We must find the Egyptologist and bring him back to the safety of the fort before the creature can get to him.
Rick Right. (Points to Evelyn) She stays here. (To Daniels, Henderson and Jonathan) You three come with me.
Just a minute, you can't just leave me behind here like some old kind of carpetbag, I mean, who put you in charge - (Rick throws her over his shoulder) O'Connell! What do you think you are doing? Jonathan! O'Connell!
Er...sorry, Evie, he's, er...a bit...tall...
Rick [Rick dumps Evelyn on her bed and locks her in her bedroom.]
This door doesn't open. She doesn't come out and no one goes in. Right?
Right.
Rick Right?
Right.
Rick Let's go, Jonathan.
Er, well, I thought I could just stay at the fort, and er...reconnoiter...
Rick Now!
Yeah, right, (To Americans) we're just going to rescue the, er, Egyptologist...
Rick Who the hell are these guys?
Priests. Imhotep's priests.
Rick: Alright then. [Fires]
Keep him busy!
Rick (being thrown around by Imhotep)
No problem.
Hurry up Evie!
Patience is a virtue.
Rick Not right now it isn't.
About The Mummy (1999 film)[edit]
[in 1923, at the Battle of Hamunaptra, French Foreign Legionnaires are about to make a last stand against a massive force of Tuareg horsemen charging them; the French commander abandons the Legionnaires as Rick O'Connell and Beni Gabor look on]
You just got promoted.
Rick [shouts to the other Legionnaires]
Ready and position! Steady! [to Beni] You're with me on this one, right?
Oh, your strength gives me strength. (after a moment, takes off running for the ruins) Wait for me!
Rick [Rick looks after him, then turns back to the Legionnaires]
Steady! Steady! FIRE!
