Smart Money (1931)

Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Well, faint heart never won fair lady... or fat turkey.

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Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Say, is that my tie?
Jack: Why, uh... when I got up this morning, I sort of...
Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Yeah, well, why didn't put on that new checkered suit of mine while you were about it?
Jack: [chuckling] Heh-heh-heh... It didn't fit.

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Dist. Atty. Black: If you were the D.A., how would you tackle him?
Sleepy Sam, earlier mistaken for Hickory Short: I'd shoot him some night when he was trying to escape from the law.
Dist. Atty. Black: Don't be silly! Thaat isn't done!
Sleepy Sam, earlier mistaken for Hickory Short: Well, you know his weakness, don't you?
Dist. Atty. Black: What?
Sleepy Sam, earlier mistaken for Hickory Short: Heh, he's nuts for blondes. Yeah, send your wife around.
[as he exits the door]
Sleepy Sam, earlier mistaken for Hickory Short: He'll go for any old bag!

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Despite both Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney having spent most of their acting careers with Warner's Bros., this was the only film the two acting legends appeared in together.
The role played by Donald Cook was all but eliminated in the final cut, but he still appears as one of Nick's two accomplices (along with 'James Cagney' after one of the poker games.
Film debut of Charles Lane.
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