Tortilla Flat (1942)
Spencer Tracy: Pilon
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Quotes
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Jose Maria Corcoran : What's the matter with him? Is he crazy?
Pilon : They say that a little love is like a little wine. Too much of either makes a man sick.
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[last lines]
Pablo : Where do we go now?
Jose Maria Corcoran : Let's go down on the beach. We will go to sleep in the moonlight, under the sky.
Pilon : The sky is a good place to sleep under. It is one roof that will never burn down - and it is one roof that will always be there tomorrow when you wake up, amigos.
Jose Maria Corcoran : That's right!
Pilon , Jose Maria Corcoran , Pablo , Portagee Joe : [singing] Ai, Ai, paisano, La vida es asi...
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Pilon : I do not lead my friends around by the noses, senora. I only give them my good advice.
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Pablo : You know what would be nice, Pilon? If you had a trained pelican and every time you wanted to fish, all you have to do, just send him out to dive for one. You could train a pelican like that, yes?
Pilon : No.
Pablo : Oh. Why not?
Pilon : Because you are dumb. A pelican is dumb, too. But, not that dumb. He would eat the fish himself.
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Pilon : He makes a good speech.
Daniel Alvarez : Yeah, like an old goat in the moonlight!
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Pilon : You have the heart of a chipmunk!
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Pilon : Mrs. Marellis may be a little, you know, in places. But, those people are very lively, Danny. And very friendly. And with unselfish thoughts.
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Pilon : Come on. You stay away from her. She's a Portagee girl. Portagee girls are no good.
Daniel Alvarez : Why?
Pilon : They always want to get married.
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Pilon : It is strange. When a man is poor, he thinks to himself, "If I had money, I would share it with my friends." Then the money comes and his beautiful thoughts fly away. He forgets his friends - who shared things with him when he was poor.
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Pilon : Jose, you think the good Lord floated that little boat to the shore so you could take it down to Monetery and sell it, to buy pink silk things for a girl who hits you in the head with at rock?
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Pilon : Mrs. Marellis, you know, since the death of her husband, she has been a very lonely woman. She has only her chickens!
Daniel Alvarez : Well, let her have her chickens.
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Pilon : Why did you bring her here? Screaming like a seagull!
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Pilon : Ah, there are not many women like you, my little corn cake.
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Pilon : Women like that crawl around after their husbands like a cat after quail. They are very dangerous.
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The Pirate : Saint Francis - he looked at me and smiled like a good Saint. And he said, "Be good to little dogs, you dirty man."
Pilon : He called you that?
The Pirate : Well, I was. And Saints, they never lie, you know.
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Pilon : Danny was a good man.
Portagee Joe : Strong too. He had a punch like a mule.
Pablo : Yeah, could make love, too. Make girls spin dizzy.
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Portagee Joe : [drunkenly singing] All the girls, they love me.
[talking]
Portagee Joe : Good evenings, my brothers! The world is made of the white breast of chickens - and I am deep inside of it.
Pilon : Where have you been all day? Did you have a nice day?
Portagee Joe : I met. a nice, fat girl from Castroville. Red hair like a flame, eyes like the stars. I can see them now.
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Pilon : Mackerel? Did your mother feed you mackerel through a nipple? I think so.