Best and Worst Lines in Movie History

[rerun]

One more I liked. In Letter to Three Wives -
Linda Darnell is dressed to go out with the rich guy. Thelma Ritter says, "something to her about needing some beads . . "
Linda replies: what I got don't need beads!
It was just perfect.

[Rita Hayworth]

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

from Marie "Slim" Browning played by Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not back in 1944.


"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.

from Terry Malloy played by Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront back in 1954

[CineMaven]

I’ve been on an EDGAR G. ULMER kick since checking out his movies at Lincoln Center. So I thought I’d quote something from his classic film: ”DETOUR.”



VERA: I'm gonna see that you sell this car so you don't get caught.

AL: Thanks! Of course, your interest wouldn't be financial, would it? You wouldn't want a small percentage of the profits?

VERA: Well, now that you insist, how can I refuse? 100% will do!

AL: Fine! I'm relieved! I thought for a moment you were gonna take it all!

VERA: I don't wanna be a hog!

[mrsl]

,
This isn't so much a line as it is a scene from 1995, Something to Talk About. Dennis Quaid knocks on the door, Kyra Sedgewick, who is mad at him for cheating on her sister, Julia Roberts, opens the door and he enters and stands very close to the door and says "Hi, how're you?" and as she answers with a smile "Okay I guess", she knees him and he falls to the floor in pain. Julia comes in and says: "Em, what did you do to him?", Emily says: "You told me to keep him busy!" This could have been so phony and cheap, but those three professionals carried the scene off like they were sipping tea in a tearoom.

It's a great scene but I forgot about it until I watched the movie tonight on HBO.

[RedRiver]

"Want some brandy? Who doesn't?"

The perfect final line of STALAG 17. Holden's character is a smart-ass to the end!

[movieman1957]

Excerpted from Harry Carey, Jr. in "Wagon Master." "Hell ain't cussing, it's geography."

Randolph Scott at the end of "The Tall T" - "Come on now, it's gonna be a good day."

John Cleese in "Silverado" after a saloon fight. "It's hard on the peace and it's hard on the furniture."

[JackFavell]

Love those, Chris!

[JackFavell]

- From Souls for Sale (1923)

[Lucky Vassall]

Love this thread! Permit me to add a couple:

First, a rather flowery line from one of the old-timey writers:

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“For never was a story of more woe,
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
(Romeo and Juliet 1968)

Then, the modern update:

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“Romeo and Ethyl, the Pirate’s Daughter.”
(ditto 1593)

[CinemaInternational]

I just found this thread and thought that others might find it interesting. Up it goes.

[Dargo]

The following post up there of movieman1957's from almost exactly 10 years ago now...

Excerpted from Harry Carey, Jr. in "Wagon Master." "Hell ain't cussing, it's geography."

...has reminded me of another one of my favorite lines of dialogue in Ford's 'Wagon Master':

Elder Wiggs [Ward Bond]: "What'd he say?"

Travis Blue [Ben Johnson]: [of the indians] "Near as I can figure out, he don't seem to like white men."

Sandy [Harry Carey Jr.]: "Yeah, he say's we're all thieves."

Elder Wiggs: "Smarter than he looks!"

(...and CI...good thread revival here)