Kid Galahad (1962)
Gig Young: Willy Grogan
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Quotes
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Willy Grogan : Galahad was what they call a knight of the round table, Howie. He was also something of a square. I can't state this as a positive fact, but he probably died very young.
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Howie Zimmerman : What happened to the convertible?
Willy Grogan : I loaned it to an Arab. He was on his way to a picnic, and his camel had trouble with its valves.
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Willy Grogan : I'm supposed to roll out the champagne?
Walter Gulick : Roll out the champagne or stale beer. I don't care what you roll out,
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Lew Nyack : Hey Walter! In case you want to duck once in a while, it ain't against the rules!
Dolly Fletcher : This sort of thing is legal?
Willy Grogan : You don't need a license to be stupid. I'll lay you 3-to-1 the kid don't last a round.
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Willy Grogan : Make sure this pigeon don't get away.
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Maynard : What's the matter?
Dolly Fletcher : Nothing. It's love in bloom.
Maynard : Goodbye. I've watched it bloom before.
Willy Grogan : Look, Dolly... this may seem funny to you but... the kid doesn't know about us.
Dolly Fletcher : I gathered that much. I can even quote you. "Rose, this is Miss What's-her-name. She just happened to drop by this morning." Were you so scared, you couldn't even remember my name?
Willy Grogan : Dolly...
Dolly Fletcher : What is there to know about us anyway? Am I a lady barber or something? They've got sex in the Bronx, too, so what's the mystery?
Willy Grogan : I'm only trying to tell you, she's only a baby... a protected baby.
Dolly Fletcher : Oh come off it! Babies aren't built like that. And besides... if you're such a blue-nosed puritan about your sister... then - - just forget it.
Willy Grogan : I just didn't know she was coming up here, understand? I-I-I just wasn't prepared.
Dolly Fletcher : I know. You're not prepared for a lot of things. I'm beginning to get the idea.
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Willy Grogan : Shut up, I said!
Walter Gulick : You can't yell loud enough to make me shut up! Till I tell you about what I think of the fight game. I think it stinks! And when I get out of it what I want, I'm quitting! I'm through! No, I'm not marrying Rose because she's your sister, Willy. But in spite of it.
[Willy grabs Walter by his shirt getting ready to punch him]
Walter Gulick : I'm waiting, Willy. I'm waiting.
Dolly Fletcher : Stop it! What's the matter with you anyway?
Willy Grogan : What's the matter with me? This cream-headed clown wants to marry my sister, that's what's the matter with me.
Dolly Fletcher : Well? At least he's not asking her to hang around for 3 or 4 years, Willy.
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Willy Grogan : Lew!
Marvin : We've been having a quiet, kind of professional talk in here with him.
Willy Grogan : What happened?
Lew Nyack : [in pain from 2 sore mangled hands] Otto was here. So's I wouldn't be any help to Galahad... they busted my hands.
Willy Grogan : Otto?
Marvin : We're an old established firm that can't afford to take chances.
Willy Grogan : Who? Who?
Ralphie : I was never a shy one, Willy.
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Willy Grogan : [as he sees Galahad driving off with his sister Rose in the red Model T car] Hey! Why did she have to go off in that beet-juice jalopy with him?
Dolly Fletcher : You're asking me?
Willy Grogan : She could've gone with Maynard and Lew, couldn't she?
Dolly Fletcher : Oh, Willy, when you're 21 and you look like Rose, you don't have to ride with Lew and Maynard.
Willy Grogan : What's that supposed to mean?
Dolly Fletcher : You want diagrams?
Willy Grogan : Now, look, Dolly...
Dolly Fletcher : That's just what I'm going to do... look at Maynard's corned beef. I promised I'd put a low flame under it.
[Dolly gives Willy a kiss]
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Dolly Fletcher : [as Maynard carves up the corned beef] You think I did all right?
Maynard : You cooked this great. It cuts real fine!
Willy Grogan : [as Willy and Lew walk in the kitchen arguing about Rose's whereabouts] Let's get one thing settled, Lew. Exactly what time was it when you saw Rose leave the picnic?
Lew Nyack : I told you before, 6:30, quarter to 7, 10 to 7 - I didn't make a note of it.
Dolly Fletcher : [as Dolly and Lew munch on some of Maynard's corned beef] What's all the commotion about? She was with Galahad, wasn't she?
Willy Grogan : I know who she was with. And I'll tell you something else I know: It's 20 minutes to 9.
Dolly Fletcher : Could she be safer with the F.B.I.?
Willy Grogan : Which way were they going?
Lew Nyack : I told you that before too, back towards the village.
Willy Grogan : You sure?
Lew Nyack : Man, how could anybody not recognize that jalopy? It's the same color as a bloody nose!
Willy Grogan : Very funny. How would you like one?
Dolly Fletcher : Little father!
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Willy Grogan : I said, I like to keep a thing like this in the family; because, well, blood is thicker than chowder. That's what Pop used to say, remember?
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Willy Grogan : Never mind how nice he is. I hear enough of that from Dolly. I told her the only important thing about him is, he's got an ax in his right hand, and a bowling ball for a head.
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Willy Grogan : Reorganization? Rose, honey, I'll be patient. The fact is, you couldn't reorganize the part in your hair unless I drew you a map.
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Willy Grogan : She's only a baby. A protected baby.
Dolly Fletcher : Oh, come off it. Babies aren't built like that.
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Max Lieberman : A suggestion was made that this year, over the Labor Day weekend, we might sponsor a boxing show.
Willy Grogan : With Galahad?
Max Lieberman : No, with Max Schmeling. Who else?
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Willy Grogan : My sister's not marrying any meatball. Is that plain enough?
Walter Gulick : Don't call me a meatball, Willy.
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Willy Grogan : All I can tell you sharpshooters right now is that Galahad will be expensive.
Harry Sperling : We didn't expect to pay the boy off in green stamps.
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Willy Grogan : I'll sing for you like a bluebird when the big day comes along.
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Willy Grogan : If these two guys were handcuffed together, Galahad couldn't hit Romero with a six-quart bucket of beans.
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Willy Grogan : Nobody asked you to come here. All you had were your empty pockets and a shine on the seat of your pants.