Most Quotable movie ever


The Cats in the Bag. The Bags in the River
I'd hate to take a bite outta you. your a cookie full of arsenic.

great stuff

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You sound happy, Sidney. Why should you be happy when I'm not?



Poe ! You are...avenged!

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Don't do anything I wouldn't do. That gives you a lot of leeway.

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"That fish is four days old and I'm not buying it!!"

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"If Sidney here ever went near my sister, I'd take a baseball bat, and break it over his head". Now that is cold.

Hell exists on Earth, yes. I won't live in it.

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"Stop tinkering, pal - that horseradish won't jump a fence!".

"This syrup you're giving out with, Sidney, you pour over waffles, not J.J. Hunsecker!"

"Son, lots of people tell me I'm a gifted man, but I still can't see
around corners".

"Ten'll get you fifty you're playing hookey from a padded cell!"

"Son, I don't fancy shooting mosquitoes with elephant guns. So suppose you just shuffle along and call it a day".

"If looks could kill, I'm dead".

"You see, Dallas, a plague on both our houses. We may have to call this game on
account of darkness".

"You're dead, son - get yourself buried!".

"J.J., it's one thing to wear your dog collar, but when it gets to be a noose, I'd rather have my freedom".





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"Are you listening to me, Sidney?"

"Avidly, avidly!"

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If you're funny, then I'm a pretzel. Drop dead.

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JJ: You've had your say now let me have mine.

SUSAN: But I didn't say anything, JJ.

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Loved that entire scene starting with the horseradish you quoted. The writing is so spot on! Matter of fact, the entire movie never lets up...just one great line after another. Now, seriously, I would like to know...can anyone tell me where there is an equal in our modern film archive? Is there a movie out there made recently with as much wit as the this one here?? Comments, please??

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"Ten'll get you fifty you're playing hookey from a padded cell!"
While in a neighborhood rental place, a guy that worked there -- he essentially knew every film and television series ever made-- suggested I familiarize myself w Noir, based on some of my taste. At the time (5 years ago) I was really impressed w the writing on television, mostly HBO (tv's long been called a writer's medium.)

I was blown away by the film's script but somehow missed the writing credits at the beginning. When I saw Clifford Odets co-wrote the screenplay I said "No wonder, he was a playwright." I think what was yesterday's playwrights, today write for television, (more $$?.) The dialog really pops! Which helped the actors enormously, I've no doubt.

A writer/producer pal of mine was always complaining bc film is generally a hyper-cynical, compromised business, resulting in a bastardized product. Sometimes merging three separate scripts into one. That happened to him in a high profile project.

The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river

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"He offers you an olive branch, so today, like olives."

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J.J. [to a waiter]: Stop tinkering, pal - that horseradish isn't gonna jump a fence.

Sidney: Maybe I left my sense of humor in my other suit.

Rita: What am I, a bowl of fruit? A tangerine that peels in a minute?

Mary: If it's true, J.J.'s gonna hit the ceiling.
Sidney: Can it be news to you that J.J.'s ceiling needs a new plaster job every six weeks?


... and so many others.

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don't be a two time loser sidney

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"I love this dirty town."

JJ

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Kello - "Toots, I get the distinct impression you don't like me; could I be wrong?"
Falco - "You could be right, you fat slob!"
Kello - "Ha ha ha...come back, Sidney - I want to chastiiiiissse you!"

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Kello - "Toots, I get the distinct impression you don't like me; could I be wrong?"
Falco - "You could be right, you fat slob!"
Kello - "Ha ha ha...come back, Sidney - I want to chastiiiiissse you!"


He called Sydney "Snooks", I believe.

"Not for a lifetime pass to the Polo Grounds..."

I wanna find one face that ain't lookin' though me...
I wanna spit in the face of these...Badlands

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"Why does everything you say sound like a threat?"
"I don't know, must be a mannerism."


"You're walking blind without a cane."

"A bed is the best friend a girl ever had."








"Gambling is illegal at Bushwood sir... and I never slice"

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The man in jail is always for freedom.

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"You sound happy, Sidney. Why should you be happy when I'm not?"

That one really made me laugh the first time I heard it.





Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

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"This smells like four day old fish, I ain't buying it."

That was a good one XD

They call him the matador;He settles all the scores;He kills in plain sight;With a blade and a smile

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