Charles Lane
(as Constable Locke)
Constable Locke:
That was pretty good, Professor, but you made a couple of mistakes.
Harold Hill: Oh?
Constable Locke: Yeah, the billiard hall and that pool table belong to Mayor Shinn.
Harold Hill: Oh
[looks thoughtful]
Harold Hill: What was my other mistake?
Constable Locke: That Zaneta, she's the mayor's oldest girl.
Harold Hill: Oh?
Constable Locke: Yeah, the billiard hall and that pool table belong to Mayor Shinn.
Harold Hill: Oh
[looks thoughtful]
Harold Hill: What was my other mistake?
Constable Locke: That Zaneta, she's the mayor's oldest girl.
Paul Ford
(as Mayor George Shinn)
Paul Ford
(as Mayor George Shinn)
Paul Ford
(as Mayor George Shinn)
Paul Ford
(as Mayor George Shinn)
Percy Helton
(as Train Conductor)
Train conductor:
[Turning to a salesman when he is about to light a cigarette] River City, Iowa! Population: 2212. Cigarettes illegal in this state!
Robert Preston
(as Harold Hill)
Salesman on train:
How far you going, friend?
Harold Hill: Wherever the people are as green as the money... friend.
Harold Hill: Wherever the people are as green as the money... friend.
Robert Preston
(as Harold Hill)
Harold Hill:
[Marian and Winthrop are urging the Professor to leave before the crowd arrives] I can't go, Winthrop.
Winthrop Paroo: Why not?
Harold Hill: Well, for the first time in my life, I got my *foot* caught in the door.
Winthrop Paroo: Why not?
Harold Hill: Well, for the first time in my life, I got my *foot* caught in the door.
Robert Preston
(as Harold Hill)
Harold Hill:
A man can't turn tail and run just because a little personal risk is involved. What did Shakespeare say? "Cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave man... only 500"?