Lifeboat (1944)
William Bendix: Gus Smith
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Quotes
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Gus Smith : My name is Schmidt, but I changed it to Smith. That's what I got against these guys more than anything else. They make me ashamed of the name I was born with. I got a lot of relatives in Germany. For all I know this guy may be one of them. I say throw him to the sharks!
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Gus Smith : A guy can't help being a German if he's born a German, can he?
John Kovac : [referring to Willie] Neither can a snake help being a rattlesnake if he's born a rattlesnake! That don't make him a nightingale! Get him out of here!
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John Kovac : As of now I'm skipper, and anybody who don't like it can get out and swim to Bermuda. What about that?
Gus Smith : I'll buy it.
Stanley 'Sparks' Garrett : Suits me. What about you, Miss?
Alice MacKenzie : I'm for it.
George 'Joe' Spencer : Yes, sir!
Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse : Well, if the rest agree.
Connie Porter : All right, Commissar, what's the course?
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Alice MacKenzie : Lie down please.
Gus Smith : What for?
Alice MacKenzie : You'll be more comfortable. I want to take a look at your leg.
Gus Smith : Oh, well, okay babe. Maybe you'll let me return the compliment someday.
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Stanley 'Sparks' Garrett : He's the champion hoofer of the Merchant Marines.
Gus Smith : Tell her what I done in Jersey City. Listen, I copped two prizes at Roseland one year and all the time I'm sufferin' something terrible from double-pneumonia. I can out-jive the rest of those hep-cats even with a bum gam.
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Gus Smith : [sees someone in the water with the hands on the side of the lifeboat] Hey, look. Another customer.
[lifeboat passengers pull him aboard]
Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse : Where did he come from?
Connie Porter : Is he a crew member?
John Kovac : I never saw him before.
George 'Joe' Spencer : Not off our boat.
Willy : [he speaks] Danke schoen.
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Connie Porter : Darling, you want to live, don't you?
Gus Smith : Not with one leg.
John Kovac : Don't be a sap, Gus.
Gus Smith : You don't understand.
John Kovac : Sure I do: Rosie.
Connie Porter : What's Rosie got to do with it?
Gus Smith : Everything. If I lose my leg, I lose Rosie.
Connie Porter : Of course, I don't know Rosie.
Gus Smith : She loves to dance. It's her hobby. It's her whole life. Put yourself in her place. Do you like to dance?
Connie Porter : Mad about it.
Gus Smith : Well, then, what's good a hep-cat with one gam missin'?
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Connie Porter : Now, you listen to me. I don't know Rosie. But, I know women. Some of my best friends are women. And one of them's - that kind of a...
Gus Smith : What kind of a?
Connie Porter : Well, a independent creature who lives her own life.
Gus Smith : That's Rosie all over.
Connie Porter : With a heart of gold! And she gives it away.
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Gus Smith : Well, anyway, its an experience.
