The Public Enemy Movie Quotes
Tom Powers
[Tom shuffles to the breakfast table in his pajamas. He's just finished a demanding call with Nails Nathan]
Ain't you got a drink in the house?
Kitty
Well, not before breakfast, dear.
Kitty
[sheepishly]
I know Tom, but I, I wish that...
Tom Powers
... there you go with that wishin' stuff again. I wish you was a wishing well. So that I could tie a bucket to ya and sink ya.
Kitty
Well, maybe you've found someone you like better.
[Angered, Tom grimaces and shoves a piece of grapefruit in her face as he leaves the table.]
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Tom Powers
[Tom stumbles from a gun fight gone wrong with the rival gang. He's barely walking and soaked from the rain]
... I ain't so tough.
[Tom collapses in the gutter]
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Tom Powers
Hey, Stupe, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.
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Matt Doyle
Gee, she's a honey. I could go for her myself.
Tom Powers
What do you mean, you could go for her yourself? You could go for an eighty-year-old chick with rheumatism.
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Putty Nose
Are you alone?
Tom Powers
I'm always alone when I'm with Matt.
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Putty Nose
We ain't sore are you, Tom? I've always been your friend.
Tom Powers
Sure, you taught us how to cheat, steal and kill. And then you lambed out on us.
Matt Doyle
Yeah, if it hadn't been for you, we might have been on the level.
Tom Powers
Sure. We might have been ding-dings on a streetcar. Come on...
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Paddy Ryan
As far as Paddy Ryan's concerned, there are only two kinds of people - right and wrong. I think you're right. And you'll find out that I am.
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Tom Powers
So beer ain't good enough for you, huh?
Mike Powers
Do you think I care if there was just beer in that keg? I know what's in it. I know what you've been doing all this time, how you got those clothes and those new cars. You've been telling Ma that you've gone into politics, that you're on the city payroll. Pat Burke told me everything. You murderers! There's not only beer in that jug. There's beer and blood - blood of men!
[Mike throws the keg into the corner, smashing Mrs Powers' table and causing a racket]
[Tom walks away, but turns for the last word]
Tom Powers
Besides, your hands ain't so clean. You killed and liked it. You didn't get them medals for holding hands with them Germans.
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Tom Powers
Hello baby. What are you gonna have?
Kitty
Anything you say, big boy.
Tom Powers
You're a swell dish. I think I'm going to go for you.
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Tom as a boy
[Tom grabs his pants just as his father is about to spank him]
How do you want 'em this time, up or down?
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Gwen Allen
You are different, Tommy. Very different. And I've discovered it isn't only a difference in manner and outward appearances. It's a difference in basic character. The men I know - and I've known dozens of them - oh, they're so nice, so polished, so considerate. Most women like that type. I guess they're afraid of the other kind. I thought I was too, but you're so strong. You don't give, you take. Oh, Tommy, I could love you to death.
[Tommy and Gwen embrace and kiss passionately]
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Tom Powers
I'm going to hit the hay.
Jane
I thought you'd like a little nightcap, Tommy. You don't need to feel ashamed in front of me, Tommy. Here, let me help you.
[Jane starts to undress Tom]
Tom Powers
I don't need any help.
Jane
Be a good boy and sit down. I'll take your shoes off too. I want to do things for you, Tommy. You don't think I'm old, do you, Tommy?
Tom Powers
No.
Jane
You like me, don't you Tommy?
Tom Powers
Sure... What's the idea?
Jane
Just a good night kiss for a fine boy.
Tom Powers
In your hat.
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Tom Powers
Hiding behind Ma's skirts, like always.
Mike Powers
Better than hiding behind a machine gun.
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Tom Powers
How goes it, babe? Going south?
Gwen Allen
Yes. But, I'm not accustomed with riding with... eh... strangers.
Tom Powers
We're not going to be strangers.
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Jane
Breakfast is all ready, Tommy.
Tom Powers
I ain't hungry. Pour me some coffee, will you, and make it black.
Jane
You aren't sorry are you?
Tom Powers
Sorry? Sorry about what?
Jane
For last night.
Tom Powers
What do you mean? For getting drunk?
Jane
Aren't you the little play actor.
Tom Powers
Wait a minute... Do you mean that... Why you...
[Tom slaps Jane]
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Jane
Let me fix you another drink, Tommy.
Tom Powers
You mean to say you got any of that stuff left?
Jane
Ha-ha-ha. You haven't drank so much.
Tom Powers
Well, I can drink it as long as you can pour it.
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Tom Powers
Why that dirty, no good, yellow-bellied stool. I'm gonna give it to him right in the head the first time I see him.
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Tom Powers
That sister of yours ain't getting any bargain in Mike.
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