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Favorite Lines from the flick

posted 16 years ago by zurichpoet
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One is...
"I'm no stray dog you can pick up, and I like my neck without a collar."

[–] planb07 16 years ago

"I know a sure cure for a nosebleed, a cold knife in the middle of the back."

"I said thanks.... THANKS FOR NOTHIN'!"

There's a garbled line, and it's an important one, that it took me 20+ attempts to understand, so I'll reproduce it for general elucidation.

It's from the scene where Romano and Kane are beating up on Rolfe after learning that he isn't Harris.

Kane: I'll pinpoint it for you, chum. PETE HARRIS AND ME DID A DEUCE TOGETHER AT JOLIET.

[–] bluenova19692002 11 years ago

Insurance Agent- "(You) left school to join the Engineers. Good soldier, too. Bronze Star, Purple Heart..."

Rolfe- "Try and buy a cup of coffee with them."

[–] Jason_Radley 11 years ago

He could have sold them on EBay.

[–] bluenova19692002 11 years ago

Yeah, for a couple of bucks each...

[–] zurichpoet 11 years ago

Ebay! Ha.

[–] Randy-144 7 years ago

Kane: I'll pinpoint it for you, chum. PETE HARRIS AND ME DID A DEUCE TOGETHER AT JOLIET.

While doing two years in stir, Kane and Harris probably dropped a deuce together at least once.

[–] SpacemanBob 11 years ago

There is a scene in the hotel lobby where Boyd says to Tomaso (referring to Lee Van Cleef:)

"Who is that vaseline?"

I assume it means slippery character, and that's pretty funny if so.

[–] bluenova19692002 11 years ago

SpacemanBob, it also may have referred to the hair tonic he doused his hair with. At any rate, it is a funny line.

[–] borg1005-1 11 years ago

Pete Harris: Okay wise guy, you found me. Now what?
Joe Rolfe: What's eatin' you?
Pete Harris: You been giving me the fisheye all night.

Pete Harris was played by Jack Elam, who used his out-of-kilter left eye to carve out a great career - and - he's the one to make the fisheye comment! I nearly sprayed my coffee as at first I thought it a clever inside joke but now believe it was played straight.

[–] Randy-144 8 years ago

Joe: How about the fellow at the pool table?

Teresa: Ah, that is Señor Kane. He arrived this morning. But he's not very sociable. All the time he's chewing bubble gum.

Joe: And the other fellow?

Teresa: Ah, you mean Señor Romano. Now that one, he is very sociable.