Eddie Bartlett:
One thing, Lloyd. They tell me your boss is building a case against our old friend, George.
Lloyd Hart: The case is already built, Eddie.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, well, you remember what he said would happen if you ever told what you knew about him?
Lloyd Hart: I remember.
Eddie Bartlett: So does he.
--James Cagney (as Eddie Bartlett) in The Roaring Twenties
Lloyd Hart: The case is already built, Eddie.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, well, you remember what he said would happen if you ever told what you knew about him?
Lloyd Hart: I remember.
Eddie Bartlett: So does he.
--James Cagney (as Eddie Bartlett) in The Roaring Twenties
Eddie Bartlett:
You always said you were going to take real good care of me, didn't you George?
George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
Eddie Bartlett: Here's one rap you ain't gonna beat!
[fires twice]
--James Cagney (as Eddie Bartlett) in The Roaring Twenties
George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
Eddie Bartlett: Here's one rap you ain't gonna beat!
[fires twice]
--James Cagney (as Eddie Bartlett) in The Roaring Twenties
Fleet Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.:
Half a carrier is better than none.
--James Cagney (as ) in The Gallant Hours
--James Cagney (as ) in The Gallant Hours
Fleet Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.:
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
--James Cagney (as ) in The Gallant Hours
--James Cagney (as ) in The Gallant Hours
Frank Ross:
An army couldn't get you out of that courthouse. A lot of guys have tried it and they've all been buried.
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
Frank Ross:
I don't love life much, but I don't hate it enough to stick my head in front of a screw's bullet.
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
Frank Ross:
I'll get out if I hafta kill every screw in the joint!
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
--James Cagney (as Frank Ross) in Each Dawn I Die
George M. Cohan:
It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us.
--James Cagney (as George M. Cohan) in Yankee Doodle Dandy
--James Cagney (as George M. Cohan) in Yankee Doodle Dandy
George M. Cohan:
My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.
--James Cagney (as George M. Cohan) in Yankee Doodle Dandy
--James Cagney (as George M. Cohan) in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Hank Martin:
Brighten up, sweet-face, brighten up, 'cause you married a winner, not a loser!
--James Cagney (as Hank Martin) in A Lion Is in the Streets
--James Cagney (as Hank Martin) in A Lion Is in the Streets
