Eight on the Lam (1967)

Bob Hope: Henry Dimsdale

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• Henry Dimsdale : Hey, Marty! What are you doin' here at this hour? Your wife left you.

  Marty : Nothing like that. This is BAD news.

• Henry Dimsdale : [finding $10,000]  Poor guy who lost this doesn't get it back, he'll empty his swimming pool and dive in.

• Henry Dimsdale : Honey, we're talking about $10.000. Nobody can afford to lose that kind of money unless they have long hair and play a guitar.

• [Henry answers the front door while holding his engagement ring for Ellie] 

  Golda : Oh, Henry, you shouldn't have!

  Henry Dimsdale : I didn't.

  Golda : I know, but I love to watch a coward squirm.

• Henry Dimsdale : But, Marty, you believe me, don't ya?

  Marty : Of course. You're not bright enough to steal fifty thousand dollars.

  Henry Dimsdale : FIFTY thousand dollars?

• Henry Dimsdale : [to himself]  All I have to do now is figure out what I have to do now.

  Golda : [butting in]  Get out of town.

  Henry Dimsdale : Hey, how do you know what happened?

  Golda : I've got wall-to-wall ears.

• Henry Dimsdale : This house is a bargain for a family like ours. It's cheaper than bail. And, besides, we gotta figure a place to hide out until I can get my name cleared, if you can clear "mud."

• Ellie Barton : But I want to be with you.

  Henry Dimsdale : Yeah, but they wouldn't put me in a women's prison.

• Henry Dimsdale : [driving]  Hey, I'll cut over and go up the on-ramp.

  Ellie Barton : The freeway? Won't it be easy to recognize us?

  Henry Dimsdale : Not up there. Everybody drives like a fugitive.

• Henry Dimsdale : [to Golda]  Listen, I don't mind you having a little snack, but with your appetite I have to keep counting the kids around here.

• Henry Dimsdale : Boy, I've got to get you out of here. You're breathing too much of this detergent.

• Golda : You know, there's something sick about being so honest.

  Henry Dimsdale : You think I'm happy about it? But I gotta think about the kids. I got to set an example for 'em to follow.

  Golda : Some example! They'll grow up and try to become idiots.

• Henry Dimsdale : Well, hello, Honey. Hey, how about puttin' down your pencil and putting on some lipstick? I'm taking you out to dinner tonight to someplace special where you don't have to order the special.

• Henry Dimsdale : Hey, if money can't buy happiness, then this is a pretty crazy brand of misery.

• Henry Dimsdale : Hey, you're very kind.

  Police Sgt. Jasper Lynch : You're very playful.