Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Carol Lambert:
[In the dark cellar] I wonder what a ghost would say if he walked in here and saw us?
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: He'd probably say, "Hello, girls" because I wouldn't be here.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: He'd probably say, "Hello, girls" because I wouldn't be here.
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Carol Lambert:
[Panicked] Oh, I hope I wake up in the morning and find it's all a dream!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: I hope I wake up!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: I hope I wake up!
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Carol Lambert:
Don't be such a coward!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: Who's a coward? I'm as brave as they go, and I'm going.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: Who's a coward? I'm as brave as they go, and I'm going.
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Carol Lambert:
Why, look! There are two buzzards making a nest out of hay.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: [Paranoid] Oh, no, they're not. They're probably drawing straws to see who gets me!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: [Paranoid] Oh, no, they're not. They're probably drawing straws to see who gets me!
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Wally 'The Fox' Benton:
[about the unconscious Sheriff in the rising water] He's got one foot in heaven and one in a Turkish bath.
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Wally 'The Fox' Benton:
[after failing to walk through a wall] Pardon me. I thought I was Mr. Jordan!
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Wally 'The Fox' Benton:
[Looking a beetle-shaped brooch] What I've always wanted... a Japanese beetle!
Carol Lambert: What makes you think it's a Japanese beetle?
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: It's got a yellow belly.
Carol Lambert: What makes you think it's a Japanese beetle?
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: It's got a yellow belly.
Peter Whitney
(as Frank V. Bailie)
Wally 'The Fox' Benton:
Say, what kind of town is this anyway?
Frank V. Bailie: A town where meddlers should carry heavy life insurance.
Frank V. Bailie: A town where meddlers should carry heavy life insurance.
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
Frank V. Bailie:
[threatening Wally with a gun] Git back agin that wall!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: [cowardly] Thanks. I need something to hold me up.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: [cowardly] Thanks. I need something to hold me up.
Red Skelton
(as Wally 'The Fox' Benton)
