Act of Violence (1948)

Van Heflin: Frank R. Enley

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Quotes 

• Frank R. Enley : You don't know what made him the way he is - I do!

• Johnny : [giving Enley a drink]  Put hair on your chest!

  Frank R. Enley : [he sighs and looks confused and disoriented]  Who are you?

  Johnny : Me? I'm a businessman. You and me are gonna do a little business. You got dough, friend?

  [looking at Pat] 

  Johnny : That's why they hang around - on the chisel. But not me. I'm gonna earn it!

• Frank R. Enley : [desperately looking for Johnny]  Where do I find him? Where does he live?

  Pat : I don't know. Nobody knows!

  Frank R. Enley : Well, there must be some way I can find...

  Pat : Guys like him don't tell where they live!

• Frank R. Enley : Don't do it, Joe! No! No! Don't! No! No! No, don't! No! No, Joe! No!

• Edith Enley : Suppose there is a grain of truth to it. Suppose you did have some kind of trouble with him. I can understand how something like that could happen in a prison camp.

  Frank R. Enley : No. You don't know what happened.

  Edith Enley : What was it Frank? Whatever you did you must have had reasons.

  Frank R. Enley : You can always find reasons. Even the Nazis had reasons.

• Frank R. Enley : I was going fishing before you put on your first pair of bobby socks.

• Frank R. Enley : Look, baby, go on back to bed.

• Frank R. Enley : Baby, go on to bed, please.

• Edith Enley : Frank, I still don't understand, why...

  Frank R. Enley : Edith, a lot of things happened in the war that you wouldn't understand. Why should you? I don't understand them myself.

• Frank R. Enley : I didn't want to tell you. I didn't want you to know it. Why should you carry it too?

• Pat : What are you doin' down here, handsome? Lookin' for some kicks? No place to go?

  Frank R. Enley : No.

  Pat : Hey, you really need that drink. Well, I got influence. Want me to use it?

  [to the bartender] 

  Pat : Come on, Tim, give us one for the road. A quickie. Just one.

• Frank R. Enley : I told you he was crazy. Well, he's not.

• Edith Enley : Frank he had a gun. He wanted to kill you! You've got to think of yourself. Frank, we've got to do something!

  Frank R. Enley : There's nothing to do.

  Edith Enley : Frank? A man's trying to murder you. Of course, there's something you can do. And if you won't do it, I will!

  Frank R. Enley : No. There's nothing you can do. There's nothing anybody can do.

• Edith Enley : What did you mean when you said he'd make a scene? Did you mean he might be - violent?

  Frank R. Enley : He might be.