Mr. Penny:
That house is doubly blest / Which to our feline friends gives rest.
Hubert Smith: Her hats are full of bats / For spending all her dough on cats.
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Hubert Smith: Her hats are full of bats / For spending all her dough on cats.
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Julia Lanning:
[Referring to her brother at the fort] I'm visiting, and I'd like to get there as soon as possible.
Sgt. Matt Trainor: With or without a scalp?
--Broderick Crawford (as Sgt. Matt Trainor) in Last of the Comanches
Sgt. Matt Trainor: With or without a scalp?
--Broderick Crawford (as Sgt. Matt Trainor) in Last of the Comanches
Elaine Winslow:
Were you insinuating that Grandmother's death wasn't accidental?
Hubert Smith: Well, she wasn't killed by kindness, was she?
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Hubert Smith: Well, she wasn't killed by kindness, was she?
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Myrna Hartley:
[responding to a noise] What was that?
Hubert Smith: Only a cat. There's always a cat someplace around here.
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Hubert Smith: Only a cat. There's always a cat someplace around here.
--Broderick Crawford (as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith) in The Black Cat
Romany O'Rattigan:
Somebody has to run things. sergeant Trainor has experience in this country. I'm a civilian, and I'll follow his orders.
Sgt. Matt Trainor: Did you hear that, Ruppert?
[Trainor takes away Ruppert's canteen]
Sgt. Matt Trainor: I'll tell you when to drink, when to eat, when to sleep, and when to breathe!
--Broderick Crawford (as Sgt. Matt Trainor) in Last of the Comanches
Sgt. Matt Trainor: Did you hear that, Ruppert?
[Trainor takes away Ruppert's canteen]
Sgt. Matt Trainor: I'll tell you when to drink, when to eat, when to sleep, and when to breathe!
--Broderick Crawford (as Sgt. Matt Trainor) in Last of the Comanches
Steve McCleary:
You should have started running when you got my wire, sucker.
Mark Chapman: I gambled. If the stakes are big enough, you don't run until there's nothing else left to do.
--Broderick Crawford (as Mark Chapman aka George Grant) in Scandal Sheet
Mark Chapman: I gambled. If the stakes are big enough, you don't run until there's nothing else left to do.
--Broderick Crawford (as Mark Chapman aka George Grant) in Scandal Sheet
Sadie Burke:
Be smart. Play square with him. You're gonna need people like us around.
Willie Stark: Are you sure?
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark: Are you sure?
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
[during a bank robbery]
Bank Customer: Vinnie Howard! I thought it was you.
[Howard shoots the customer]
Vinnie Harold: Now you can be positive.
--Broderick Crawford (as Vinnie Harold) in The Fastest Gun Alive
Bank Customer: Vinnie Howard! I thought it was you.
[Howard shoots the customer]
Vinnie Harold: Now you can be positive.
--Broderick Crawford (as Vinnie Harold) in The Fastest Gun Alive
[first lines]
Vinnie Harold: I'm lookin' for Fallon.
--Broderick Crawford (as Vinnie Harold) in The Fastest Gun Alive
Vinnie Harold: I'm lookin' for Fallon.
--Broderick Crawford (as Vinnie Harold) in The Fastest Gun Alive
[to his fellow 'hicks' after surviving an impeachment trial in the state senate]
Willie Stark: They tried to ruin me, but they are ruined. They tried to ruin me because they didn't like what I have done. Do you like what I've done?
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
Willie Stark: They tried to ruin me, but they are ruined. They tried to ruin me because they didn't like what I have done. Do you like what I've done?
--Broderick Crawford (as Willie Stark) in All the King's Men
