No. of Recommendations: 13
In the 1948 classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a gang of local bandits confronts American adventurers south of the border. Both groups are in pursuit of the gold treasure of the movie’s title. The criminals demand the cooperation of the Americans, implausibly claiming to be “federales—you know, the mounted police.” One of the Americans (Humphrey Bogart) asks, “If you’re the police, where are your badges?” To which the gang leader ‘Gold Hat’ famously and indignantly responds: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”
Bill Kristol
Whether in the streets of Chicago or international waters off the coast of Venezuela…. We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.
