Some Came Running (1958)

Dean Martin: Bama Dillert

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• Bama Dillert : I don't know what it is about them pigs, but they always look better at night.

• Bama Dillert : You take my old man. Now he used to gamble when he was plowin' up his fields, hopin' for a crop. Sometimes he'd get one, sometimes he wouldn't. So figure if a man's gonna gamble, he might as well do it without plowin.'

• Bama Dillert : [in the hospital]  How would you feel with strangers bopping in here day and night, turnin' you over, feeling under the covers. Boy, they sure get familiar around here in a hurry.

• Dave Hirsh : You know my brother?

  Bama Dillert : Well, he don't send me no Christmas cards.

• Doctor : I'm afraid we're going to have to keep you here for a while, Mr. Dillert.

  Bama Dillert : Now, what is this? A hospital or a jail?

  Doctor : It's not a question of legality. It's a question of professional responsibility. You're a sick man, Mr. Dillert. Oh, not from the knife wound - that was slight. But we discovered quite accidentally that you have rather an advanced case of... diabetes mellitus.

  Bama Dillert : I got what?

  Dave Hirsh : Diabetes?

  Doctor : I noticed there was considerable alcohol content in your blood test. How much whiskey do you drink in a day, Mr. Dillert?

  Dave Hirsh : That's a pretty good question.

  Bama Dillert : Oh, I don't rightly know, Doc. Maybe a fifth, maybe less. I don't know.

  Dave Hirsh : Maybe more...

  Doctor : Of course, you'll have to stop drinking, Mr. Dillert. Alcohol adds an enormous amount of sugar to the blood. You need treatment, Mr. Dillert. Immediate treatment.

  Dave Hirsh : You mean it's that serious?

  Doctor : The rate Mr. Dillert is going now, it's more than serious.

  Bama Dillert : All right, you've done your duty, doc. Now, you just tell me what I have to do to get out of this place without busting down that door and I'll be obliged.

  Doctor : [Reluctantly]  I'll, uh... send up a release for you to sign.

• Bama Dillert : How about a little relaxation?

  Dave Hirsh : You know these dames?

  Bama Dillert : Well, who don't? That's the night shift from the brassiere factory.

• Bama Dillert : She got a friend. A pig, but not too bad.

• Dave Hirsh : You know what I don't figure? You drink three drinks to my one - and you look like a milk-fed quarterback.

  Bama Dillert : Well, now, that all depends on what a man's cut out for.

• Bama Dillert : Look, let's drink up and all go to my place.

  Ginnie Moorehead : What's doing there?

  Bama Dillert : Let's get over there and find out.

• Bama Dillert : I don't pretend to be no authority on dames, but, there's one thing I sure do know, they either take orders or they give 'em. And once they get an idea they're runnin' menfolks, they get mean on you.

• Bama Dillert : You ain't really gonna marry this broad?