The Big Knife (1955) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

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

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

12 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)

13 Feed her some martinis. That'll keep her quiet. -Suppose they don't? -They will. The gin's doctored.
14 Profession: movie star. Problem: survival.
15 I want my gossip from the horse's mouth, not his tail.

— Patty Benedict (Ilka Chase)

16 Come on, now, be yourself. -That's another local remark, which means, Be just like me, don't be yourself.

— Marion Castle (Ida Lupino)

17 I see a raw youth filled with that special vitality of talent.

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

18 I think I'll have some Tequila. Tequila always makes me frisky.

— Connie Bliss (Jean Hagen)

19 I'll keep the pen. It's my only proof that the war is over or that it was ever fought.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

20 Knocked her down and kicked her black and blue. May have broken one of her ribs. They taped her up in the infirmary. Our story is that the dog, one of those great big monsters, yanked on the leash and threw her to the floor.

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