The Big Knife (1955)
Jack Palance: Charlie Castle
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Quotes
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Charlie Castle : Am I the worst oaf in the world?
Marion Castle : The world's a big place. You're the worst one in my life.
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Charlie Castle : [to Marion] "You swat the fly from my face with a hammer".
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Charlie Castle : I'm in the movie business, darling. I can't afford your acute attacks of integrity.
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[Wanting Charlie to woo Dixie, who's talking too much about Charlie's dangerous 'secret']
Smiley Coy : Call her.
Charlie Castle : All right. Anything for my art.
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Charlie Castle : There's a word for you.
Connie Bliss : Why don't you say it, darling?
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Smiley Coy : What do you think of women, kiddie?
Charlie Castle : Oh, there's room in the world for 'em.
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Charlie Castle : Patty, darling,
[Kisses her on the cheek as he walks by.]
Charlie Castle : how are you, sweetie?
Patty Benedict : Light my cigarette, Chuck.
Charlie Castle : Sure.
[Grabs lighter off table.]
Patty Benedict : What happened to you last night? I looked around, and you'd gone. I asked Mike, but ...
Charlie Castle : Oh, Smiley Coy had somebody he wanted me to meet. I dunno, some of those stripped shirts from out of town.
[Walks to bar.]
Charlie Castle : Who wants what from the lemonade stand? Bud...
Buddy Bliss : No. No, thanks.
Patty Benedict : I like the airiness of this room.
[Walks a bit and notices a painting on the wall.]
Patty Benedict : Oh, French paintings, dear one?
Charlie Castle : Yeah.
Patty Benedict : Don't you buy American any more?
Charlie Castle : Oh, let nothing dismay you, Sweetie. I don't know one painter from another.
Buddy Bliss : He doesn't know one painter from another.
Charlie Castle : I wouldn't want my fans to think I'd gone arty. They're... uh, Marion's hobby.
Buddy Bliss : Yeah, they're his wife's hobby.
Patty Benedict : How long do I know you, Chuck?
Charlie Castle : Oh, about nine or ten years.
Patty Benedict : When we first met, all you could talk about was the New Deal, or the Fair Deal, or some deal.
Charlie Castle : I believed in it.
Patty Benedict : What do you believe in now?
Charlie Castle : Health, hard work, rare roast beef, and good scripts.