Ball of Fire (1941)
Dan Duryea: Duke Pastrami
Quotes
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Duke Pastrami : [Giving Sugarpuss O'Shea a message from Joe Lilac] He sends ya' a love message. He says to tell ya' he gets more bang outta' you than any dame he ever knew.
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Prof. Jerome : You don't mind if we talk, do you?
Duke Pastrami : Just keep it funny.
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Asthma Anderson : Benny the Creep had an accident.
Sugarpuss O'Shea : I never heard of Benny the Creep. Who's he?
Asthma Anderson : One of the boys.
Duke Pastrami : He was on kind of an errand when he grazed into a police car, that dope.
Sugarpuss O'Shea : And for that I've got to hide out? That don't make sense, Pastrami.
Duke Pastrami : No, you see, when the bulls gave Benny a ticket, they saw Kinnick in the back of the car.
Asthma Anderson : Dead.
Sugarpuss O'Shea : In the accident?
Duke Pastrami : That's what Benny was trying to tell them. Only they saw Kinnick's feet.
Asthma Anderson : They was in a cake of cement.
Duke Pastrami : Benny was gonna dump him in the East River.
Asthma Anderson : That was the errand.
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Duke Pastrami : Don't look so big now, them eight big brains.
Asthma Anderson : Not to me they don't.
Professor Bertram Potts : You are under the impression that you are big because you have those firearms because you know how to load them and pull the trigger. It would be interesting to teach them the contrary.
Duke Pastrami : Button it up, understand?
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Duke Pastrami : What kind of jive is that? If you're gonna talk, talk so we can dig it.