“If you're afraid of getting a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel....” – Jim Malone, The Untouchables ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Untouchables 1987

Jim Malone Sean Connery

[about finding a team member not under Capone's influence]

If you're afraid of getting a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel. Get it off the tree.

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Jim Malone Well, he'd better be - he's my cousin. Jim Malone Take it easy...take it easy! It'll all happen in time. This is the job. Don't wait for it to happen. Don't even want it to happen. Just watch what does happen. Jim Malone Isn't that just like a Wop? Brings a knife to a gunfight! Get outta here, you Dago bastard!