Honky Tonk (1941)
Clark Gable: 'Candy' Johnson
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Quotes
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'Candy' Johnson : [to Elizabeth] You're prettier than a little white kitten with a blue ribbon on it.
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Elizabeth Cotton : Candy, do you kiss with your eyes opened or closed?
'Candy' Johnson : Open, Honey, I don't want to miss anything.
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Dr. Otis : [after telling Candy Elizabeth has lost the baby] I'm gonna operate, but...
'Candy' Johnson : Operate? What are you talking about?
Dr. Otis : It's a long chance. You've got to understand that. I'll try... but I can't offer much help... any hope really.
'Candy' Johnson : [Glaring at Dr. Otis] Don't tell me my wife is gonna die. I don't like talk like that.
Dr. Otis : Take hold of yourself, man. I'm doing my best, but I'm only human.
'Candy' Johnson : [In an ominous tone] I'm not!
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Brazos Hearn : Light me.
'Candy' Johnson : I don't carry matches.
Brazos Hearn : Maybe you oughta.
'Candy' Johnson : You know what happens to little boys who play with matches? They do funny things in the dark.
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'Candy' Johnson : You know I ought to shoot you with your own gun. But I'm gonna let you do it yourself. We're gonna play a little game called committing suicide.
Brazos Hearn : What's the rules?
'Candy' Johnson : One of us shoots himself.
Brazos Hearn : And the other?
'Candy' Johnson : Laughs his sides off.
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'Candy' Johnson : [at the bar in Brazos' saloon] Sarsaparilla.
Judge Cotton : Eh, still on the water wagon, huh?
'Candy' Johnson : Yep. How's your drinking these days, Judge?
Judge Cotton : Oh, I'm just havin' a little one here, I'm a little nervous tonight, I hardly ever touch it anymore.
'Candy' Johnson : You never did... except with your mouth.
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'Gold Dust' Nelson : Hello, Brazos.
Brazos Hearn : Your table's cooling off.
'Candy' Johnson : How'd you know that guy was behind you?
'Gold Dust' Nelson : I've had a lot of practice smelling out snakes.
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Elizabeth Cotton : Order me a steak too. Oh, and a bottle of beer.
'Candy' Johnson : Well, are you sure you'd like our steaks out here? You know, we eat 'em rare and that isn't Boston style.
Elizabeth Cotton : My great-grandfather used to eat them raw - on the hoof.
'Gold Dust' Nelson : He'd have a hard time in Nevada. Our cows wouldn't stand still for it.
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'Candy' Johnson : Yes, sir, the more I look around I think that maybe this is that town.
The Sniper : What town?
'Candy' Johnson : The town that I ain't gonna get run out of.
