Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
George Kennedy: John Little
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Quotes
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[Last lines]
John Little : Come next November, I'm going to run your legs off.
Jimmy Price : I'm not going to stand for Sheriff next year
John Little : Why not?
Jimmy Price : My brother, he's going to run for Sheriff.
[pause]
Jimmy Price : I'm going to run for Mayor.
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John Little : [after Julia sends their two daughters to bed] Kinda late, aren't they?
Julia Little : TV special. The Wizard of Oz.
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John Little : You got a back room here, Junior.
Junior : So?
John Little : Has it got a bed in it?
Junior : Sometimes I sleep.
John Little : There's a rumor goin' around. This particular rumor has you rentin' it out to teenagers.
Junior : It ain't so!
John Little : I'm bettin' it is.
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John Little : Found a colored boy out on the highway, all beat up, last night. Now, somebody had painted a white KKK on his forehead.
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H.C. Tolbert : Hello, John. Gettin' any?
John Little : I hear your wife had another baby, Tolbert. That makes 10, don't it?
H.C. Tolbert : Last time I counted. Done run out of fingers to count on.
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Junior : Unless my calendar's a liar, this is your last day in office. You out on your keister, tomorrow noon. How's if feel havin' a nigger take your job?
John Little : He's voted into office, I was voted out.
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D.J. Rankin : John, some around here, just can't understand how you let that black boy walk in and take your job away from you - you bein' raised around here and all.
John Little : Because its the law, Rankin.
D.J. Rankin : You know as well as I do he didn't get a single white vote out of the whole county.
John Little : According to the law, black or white don't make no difference. A vote's a vote. That's the law.
D.J. Rankin : Yeah, I reckon it is. Who made that law, you suppose?
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John Little : [calling on the police radio] Warren, this is Sheriff Little. Where are you? Over.
Deputy Joe Warren : I'm just sittin' out here on number 10. Scratchin'. Chewin'. Not doin' much of nothin' to speak of. Over.
John Little : You wouldn't be runnin' a Yankee trap, would you be, Warren? Over.
Deputy Joe Warren : No, Sheriff. I'm bird watchin'.
[whistles]
Deputy Joe Warren : Over.
John Little : Rev it up, Warren. Bring it on in. Over.
Deputy Joe Warren : 10-4.
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John Little : I wasn't voted out of office because I've been a bad sheriff. I was voted out because I ain't colored!
[Julia starts to laugh]
John Little : Did I say something funny?
Julia Little : I've been meanin' to have a talk with you about your complexion.
John Little : [laughs] Oh, you. Julie, I'm the first man in the whole state to get hit over the head with black power.
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John Little : What am I supposed to do?
Mayor Jeff Parks : That depends.
John Little : On what?
Mayor Jeff Parks : On whether you mind being called a nigger-lover.
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Julia Little : You keep sayin' you're not going to do it; but, I know you are.
John Little : No, I'm not either. There's no chance.
Julia Little : No chance, my foot. You know I know you like chalk on a blackboard. You're gonna be that nigger's deputy, just as sure as the sun is gonna shine in July.