Memorable quotes for
The Public Enemy (1931)

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Tom Powers: I ain't so tough.

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Tom Powers: So beer ain't good enough for you, huh?
Mike Powers: Do you think I care if there was just beer in that keg? I know what's in it. I know what you've been doing all this time, how you got those clothes and those new cars. You've been telling Ma that you've gone into politics, that you're on the city payroll. Pat Burke told me everything. You murderers! There's not only beer in that jug. There's beer and blood - blood of men!
[Throws keg against wall]
Tom Powers: [Stands] You ain't changed a bit. Besides, your hands ain't so clean. You kill and like it. You didn't get them medals for holding hands with them Germans.

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Tom Powers: I wish you was a wishin' well. So I could tie a bucket to ya and sink ya.

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Tom as a boy: [Tom grabs his pants just as his father is about to spank him] How do you want 'em this time, up or down?

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