The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)

Dick Powell: Andrew Rockton Hale

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Quotes 

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : [Seeing lion]  Let's get outta here.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [Referring to lion]  Aw, scared of his own shadow.

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : I'm scared of it too.

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Darndest thing, that Maguire temper. Always seems to skip a generation. Take my father, for instance. Meek and mild as a lamb. His father was a bruiser. Knocked out Fitzsimmons in Butte, Montana.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Montana.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Of course, it wasn't in the ring, it was in a saloon. And he wasn't wearing gloves, he hit him with a cuspidor.

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Say, how come you've never been married?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Well... hnh?

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : You know you're not the youngest thing in town.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Boy, what a night. Been doing a little campaigning for you. You know the, uh, chili joint over on 4th Street?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Uh-huh.

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : You know the place. The small blonde with the big hamburgers.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : What's the matter, you yellow or something?

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Yellow? If I had wheels I'd be a taxi cab.

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : [Asking Andy Hale about the women he had dated]  What are they like?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : You know - standard equipment.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Then why haven't you ever been married?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : They were either too standard or not enough equipment.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Oh... .OH!

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : I suppose you can tell by now that I'm a pretty forthright person.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Yes, you certainly are.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : And, if I have anything to say, I come right out and say it.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : I'm sure you do.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : I have an instinct for these things, and I kind of feel that there's a little something cooking between us.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Tha... Really?

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : I'm sorry. I guess I should have warned you about Herman.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : I don't know why. He's only a man-eating lion.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Herman? Aw, he's just a crazy old pussy cat.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Does pussy cat have the run of the house?

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Well, he only came in because he thought it was time for dinner.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : He was looking at me like I was on the menu.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : We've had him since he was a little thing. He was brought up on milk.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : So was I, but I learned to eat meat later.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Now, remember, when you get in there, watch your step. You're not talking to the Temperance League or the $50 Every Friday lunch.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Look, Arty, I wrote the act. I think I can speak the lines.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Don't look now, but pussy cat's back.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Now really, you can't be afraid of Herman.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Can't, huh?

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : No. Just turn and tell hm to go away.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Now, if it's not too much trouble, what'd you find out?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : A baby mountain goat takes four ounces of male every three hours.

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Oh, a baby mountain goat, not a full grown one.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Cutest thing you ever saw.

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : How would you know?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : I gave birth to one this afternoon.

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Oh, really? I didn't know you were married"

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Look, if I've gotta have a crooked machine, it's gonna be my crooked machine. I'll oil it, grease it, tell it when to start, when to stop. Who gets on, who gets off. Any questions?

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : It's a long shot, but I need to find out where the body's buried.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [Having a problem shooing Herman away]  He doesn't hear very well.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Show your authority. Let him know who's master.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : He seems to know.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Now, don't forget! You're strictly the Boy Scout. You don't know from nothing.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Relax, will you? We wouldn't even be here if they weren't stuck for a candidate.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Remember - you're all things to all men - a sort of cross between Eisenhower and Little Abner.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Oh, please, I didn't come this far to blow it now.

• Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Well, you'll be all right. Just be the sort of fellow my mother would like my sister to marry.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : That's any fellow.

• Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : The broom! The broom!

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : What does she want me to do with it?

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : Wave it!

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : I think I've got some wonderful news for your father.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Wonderful!

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : How've you been?

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Wonderful.

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Wonderful!

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : You?

  Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Wonderful.

  Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire : Wonderful!

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  ... the hardiness of you Dutch.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  Senoras et senors, there is no more fitting day than the Fourth of July to salute the descendants of a nation that has given us the courage of Juarez, the statesmanship of a Diaz, and the immortal artistry of a Diego Rivera.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  ... the industry of you Swiss.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : Arty, suppose she says no?

  Arthur 'Artie' Colner Maxwell : You don't have that kinda luck.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  Perhaps, like no other people, you Italian-Americans have brought us a heritage - the courage of Caesar, the patriotism of Garibaldi, and the genius of Marconi.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  I say, America's life blood has been enriched a thousandfold by the tradition and culture of you good people from Greece.

• Andrew 'Andy' Rockton Hale : [On speaking at Kathy's organized Fourth of July campaign rounds]  ... the romance and dynamism of our good friends from Hungary.