A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
James Cagney: Hank Martin
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Quotes
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Verity Wade : It's these folks. They're all so wonderful.
Hank Martin : Well, all folks is wonderful. You just have to know the right place to kick 'em in.
Verity Wade : What?
Hank Martin : Sure. It's like learnin' to play a musical instrument by ear. All you gotta know is what place to push to get what note. Then pretty soon, everybody's dancin'...to your tune.
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Hank Martin : Brighten up, sweet-face, brighten up, 'cause you married a winner, not a loser!
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Hank Martin : Polli, anyone ever warn you - Flamingo ever warn you about makin' a house pet of a wildcat?
Guy Polli : I don't believe she ever mentioned it.
Hank Martin : Well, you might get bit.
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Hank Martin : [Angrily] Castleberry, there's a disease called Pellegra. You ever hear how it's ommunicated?
Verity Wade : Hank, we were talkin' about the house...
Hank Martin : It's communicated by not gettin' enough to eat, and it's very common in counties where your cotton gins are.
[to Jules]
Hank Martin : Jules, I'm very sorry. I don't mean any offense to you, but my wife and I can't eat where a man what's been committin' pellegra.
Jules Bolduc : Well, I don't...
Robert L. Castleberry IV : I think I do. Would you mind explainin' your remark, sir?
Hank Martin : Not at all. I'm callin' you a thief... a blood-suckin' thief!
Jules Bolduc : Hank, that's enough. You know very well there's a state inspection board that takes care of them things.
Hank Martin : What I wanna know is who inspects the inspectors?
Jules Bolduc : Governor Charles Swindon inspects the inspectors. He's a self-made man just like you, and he's my friend... and he's honest, just like Robert Castleberry, who also happens to be my godfather.
Hank Martin : Well, Jules, I never had no godfather, and I was almost too poor to have a father, so I must be poor, and you must be vey. very, right.
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Hank Martin : Wheels within wheels within wheels.
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Hank Martin : Well, sometimes a man just don't got time for common sense.
