Rollo Lamar:
I'm gonna kidnap a kidnapper for the money he kidnapped for.
--Broderick Crawford (as Rollo Lamar) in Big House, U.S.A.
--Broderick Crawford (as Rollo Lamar) in Big House, U.S.A.
Steve Crandall:
Every day's your birthday if you're a good friend of mine.
--Broderick Crawford (as Steve Crandall) in Broadway
--Broderick Crawford (as Steve Crandall) in Broadway
Steve Crandall:
So that's what you've got. Talent, huh?
--Broderick Crawford (as Steve Crandall) in Broadway
--Broderick Crawford (as Steve Crandall) in Broadway
Willie Stark:
Here it is, you hicks! Nail up anybody who stands in your way! Nail up Joe Harrison! Nail up McMurphy! And if they don't deliver, give me the hammer, and I'll do it myself!
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
I don't need money. People gives me things because they believe in me.
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
I'm the hick they were gonna use to split the hick vote. But I'm standing right here now on my hind legs! Even a dog can learn to do that. Are you standing on your hind legs? Have you learned to do that yet?
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
It could have been - whole world - Willie Stark.
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
Jack, there's something on everybody. Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption. He passes from the stink of the dydie to the stench of the shroud. There's ALWAYS something.
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
Now, shut up! Shut up, all of you! Now listen to me, you hicks. Yeah, you're hicks too, and they fooled you a thousand times like they fooled me. But this time, I'm going to fool somebody. I'm going to stay in this race. I'm on my own and I'm out for blood.
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark:
You wanna know what my platform is? Here it is. I'm gonna soak the fat boys and spread it out thin.
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
