137 Movie Quotes about Jail Time (+ Sound Clips) - page 10

Updated: May 31, 2026

Memorable quotes about jail time, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

91 I can't get over it. The day before yesterday he's at Sing Sing and today he gets married.

Quote from The Naked Street (1955)

92 Oh, it gets worse. Next week, your daughter attempts to break him out of jail, and she gets sent up for 20 years.

Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future Part II

93 One big, happy, jailbird family.

Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part II

94 I'd have died, if I had to stay on in jail. -Forget it now. You're out. -If you'd ever been in, you'd know what I mean. -I know what you mean.

Lizabeth Scott as Antonia "Toni" Marachek; Van Heflin as Sam Masterson in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

95 One to five, they gave me. One to five years, that is. -That's a long jolt. -It's forever.

Lizabeth Scott as Antonia "Toni" Marachek in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

96 I did three months before I came to trial. -It can happen to the best of people.

Lizabeth Scott as Antonia "Toni" Marachek; Van Heflin as Sam Masterson in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

97 Look over the gray fence at the faraway hills. Look through the bars at the free night without hope, except someday, get out, get even.

Humphrey Bogart as Andrew Morton in Knock on Any Door (1949)

98 How old are you? -24. -How many times have you been in jail? -Never been there. -Reformatory? -I didn't go there.

Quote from Knock on Any Door (1949)

99 Believe me, it's no fun being in jail. -Jail is no place for a young fella. There's no advancement.

Groucho Marx as Mr. Hammer in The Cocoanuts (1929)

100 Hey, Buddy, you got any cigarettes on you? -What kind of a question is that? -I don't know. It's just something you're supposed to ask when you're in the slammer.

Quote from Here Comes Garfield (1982)