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Melvin Frank (1913-1988) American screenwriter, director

HAWKINS: I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?
GRISELDA: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
HAWKINS: They broke the chalice from the palace?
GRISELDA: And replaced it with a flagon.
HAWKINS: A flagon...?
GRISELDA: With the figure of a dragon.
HAWKINS: Flagon with a dragon.
GRISELDA: Right.
HAWKINS: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
GRISELDA: No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
HAWKINS: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
GRISELDA: Just remember that.

The Court Jester (1956)

(with Norman Panama)

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