Howard St. John
(as Jim Devery)
Harry Brock:
Don't you feel good? You want a aspirin?
Jim Devery: No, no, I'm fine. In fact, considering I've been dead for sixteen years I'm in remarkable health.
Jim Devery: No, no, I'm fine. In fact, considering I've been dead for sixteen years I'm in remarkable health.
Howard St. John
(as Jim Devery)
Harry Brock:
How d'ya like that! He could've had a hundred grand. She could've had me. Both wind up with nothin'... Dumb chump!... Crazy broad!
Jim Devery: [raises a glass as a toast] To all the dumb chumps and all the crazy broads, past, present, and future, who thirst for knowledge and search for truth... who fight justice and civilize each other... and make it so tough for crooks like you...
[Harry stares at him angrily]
Jim Devery: ...*and* me.
Jim Devery: [raises a glass as a toast] To all the dumb chumps and all the crazy broads, past, present, and future, who thirst for knowledge and search for truth... who fight justice and civilize each other... and make it so tough for crooks like you...
[Harry stares at him angrily]
Jim Devery: ...*and* me.
Broderick Crawford
(as Harry Brock)
Harry Brock:
How d'ya like that?! He could've had a hundred grand. She could've had me. Both wind up with nothin'. Dumb chump! Crazy broad!
Broderick Crawford
(as Harry Brock)
Harry Brock:
Look, this way I give her somethin', I'm a swell fella. We get married, she's got it coming, she thinks.
Howard St. John
(as Jim Devery)
William Holden
(as Paul Verrall)
William Holden
(as Paul Verrall)
Harry Brock:
Shut up! You ain't gonna be tellin' nobody nothin' pretty soon!
Billie Dawn: DOUBLE NEGATIVE! Right?
Paul Verrall: Right.
Billie Dawn: DOUBLE NEGATIVE! Right?
Paul Verrall: Right.
William Holden
(as Paul Verrall)
Billie Dawn:
Could have saved yourself the trouble. I don't read papers.
Paul Verrall: Never?
Billie Dawn: Yeah, once in a while the back part... the funnies.
Paul Verrall: I think you should. The, the front part... the not-so-funnies.
Paul Verrall: Never?
Billie Dawn: Yeah, once in a while the back part... the funnies.
Paul Verrall: I think you should. The, the front part... the not-so-funnies.
William Holden
(as Paul Verrall)
Billie Dawn:
How about the story of your life?
Paul Verrall: Oh no. Much too long... and mostly untrue.
Paul Verrall: Oh no. Much too long... and mostly untrue.
Judy Holliday
(as Emma 'Billie' Dawn)
