The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Harry Shannon: Charlie

Quotes 

• Frank Shaughnessy : You'll break up the whole international league playing that colored boy. I've had letters, phone calls. I've even polled all the sports writers.

  Branch Rickey : What do the sports writers have to say?

  Frank Shaughnessy : Jim Flanagan thinks you're even hurting the negroes. This'll stir up a lot of trouble. They'll be black and white fights about it all over the country and you'll be sorry you ever started it.

  Branch Rickey : Frank, I've spent my whole life in baseball and I've always been proud of that, because, I've always thought baseball was fine game, a clean game. I've always thought it had a good influence on the American people, on the kids growing up. I always thought baseball taught fair play and sportsmanship. But, if what you say is true, then I've been all wrong. My whole life's been wrong. Wasted! I tell you what I'll do with you, I'll go out to Jersey City with you tomorrow and we'll sit in a front box. And if anybody has got any rocks to throw, they can throw them at me.

• Frank Shaughnessy : You know where Montreal is playing next week, Branch, and they don't like colored people there.