The Big Knife (1955) Quotes with Sound Clips

The Big Knife (1955) Quotes with Sound Clips

Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss)

3 more actors

, Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)

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1 I drank a light scotch and soda, and I began to cry. And I haven't cried like that since I was a boy.

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

2 Why do I have to listen to this miserable boy? A man like myself, who's wined and dined with presidents and kings?

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

3 If I take one more drink, I'll see a snake.

— Dixie Evans (Shelley Winters)

4 Look at him. Get his act. He's trying to play the crocodile. And what is he? A little lizard under a rock.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

5 Naive, ain't I? -Yes, but it's one of your best qualities.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

6 A man can live only one of two ways, either married or like a bachelor. What you want is the best of both! And that's not a marriage, not in my book.

— Marion Castle (Ida Lupino)

7 A woman with six martinis can ruin a city.

8 Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed, but it helps me see better.

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

9 Don't tell me you've got Billy, because he still eats a grape in four bites.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

10 A boy like you? Who are you? Who are you? Some kind of special aristocracy because the female public wants to make love with you?

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

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