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Roots of Evil (1979)

Christian Anders: Frank Mertens

Roots of Evil

Christian Anders credited as playing...

Frank Mertens

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  • Frank Mertens: [Grabs Van Bullock by the throat] Van Bullock! You disgraced my name!
  • Van Bullock: Arrrgh! Komo!
  • Komo: [Grabs Mertens] What you want?
  • [Mertens slaps Komo, and they fight a little while, until Komo finally grabs Mertens firmly]
  • Van Bullock: Hahaha, throw him out, Komo! Throw him out! Just throw that bastard out!
  • [Komo throws Mertens out of the window]
  • Frank Mertens: [calling out furiously from behind a bush] Here I am! I'm not afraid!
  • [runs out to confront Van Bullock and Komo in the open field]
  • Frank Mertens: Why did you kill my master!
  • Van Bullock: It's very clear. Before you die, I'll explain it to you. Before Takimura came to Spain, he lived in Tokyo. He was very good friends with the police. He made them put me in jail. But that time, I was already dealing in heroin. I spent *nine* years in jail! Thanks to that swine of Takimura, I spent *nine* years in jail! *Each* day, *each* one of those nine years, my only thought was, when I get out of jail, I fix that Takimura! But when I got out of jail, Takimura wasn't there anymore. Later I knew, he was in Spain. I followed him. The rest... Komo will explain to you.
  • [to Komo]
  • Van Bullock: Go on, Komo. Go ahead.
  • Frank Mertens: [outraged] It was *you* who killed my master!
  • Komo: Yes. It was me.
  • [scoffs]
  • Komo: It was very easy. I'm going to explain how I did it... and then I'm going to kill you.
  • [Merten cries out in rage, and begins to fight Komo]

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