You Dirty Rat


interesting the phrase "you dirty rat" is used here, but not by James Cagney. His friend's wife when taken to the reform school by her husband for a weekend getaway

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Cagney said Dirty Rat in "Taxi"

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Wasn't Judd Hirsch in Taxi?

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For the record.In Taxi he actually says "Come out you yellow bellied rat or I'll give it to you through the door" In White Heat" he's in a gun fight at the end and gets out "You dirty.." and gets cut off. For his lifetime achievement award speach it's "For the record, I've never said You Dirty Rat, but I have said "Judy Judy Judy"(Falsely attributed to Cary Grant). In Mayor from Hell,actress Sheila Terry says "Why You dirty rat,I should punch you right in the button." to boyfriend Mike. Frank Dario who plays Jimmy Smith gets out "You Dirty Squealing Rat!" The closest Cagney gets is "I got into a fight and shot a rat". In Picture Snatcher Cagney has the line "They're not Gonna Get Your Wife and Kids You Rat!" It should be noted Dario plays Cagney's character as a kid in Public Enemy.

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Cagney used that line in "Taxi" (With Loretta Young). Saying "You Diety Yellow Bellied Rat".

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