- You gotta hand it to the Navy. They sure trained that kid how to use those hooks.
- They couldn't train him to put his arms around his girl, to stroke her hair.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:17:14.476 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Oh, Homer. My boy. Oh, darling. It's good to see you. Oh, oh.
- Well...
- It's just that your ma's so glad to see you home.
- You gotta hand it to the Navy. They sure trained that kid how to use those hooks.
- They couldn't train him to put his arms around his girl, to stroke her hair.
- Is it the next turn up here?
- Yeah, the next turn on the left.
- Hey, Fred, uh, why don't we drop you first?
- And we're not going back to Butch's for a drink, either.
- Feel as if I were going in to hit a beach.
- Some barracks you got here. Hey, what are you, a retired bootlegger?
- Nothing as dignified as that. I'm a banker.
[...]
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Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)
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