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Film Quotes by Alan Ladd

50 quotes
The Blue Dahlia
Year: 1946

Director:
George Marshall
Johnny Morrison: [to the partygoers] Seems I've lost my manners or would anyone here know the difference?
-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Blue Dahlia
Year: 1946

Director:
George Marshall
Johnny Morrison: I'm sorry, but nothing seems funny to me tonight. It all blows up in your face sometimes.
Joyce Harwood: What does?
Johnny Morrison: Whatever you're doing, whereever you're going.
-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Lucky Jordan
Year: 1942

Director:
Frank Tuttle
Lucky Jordan: 'Til I ran up against you, Nazi was just a word in the newspaper to me. Now it's another way to spell cockroach.
-- Alan Ladd (as Lucky Jordan) in Lucky Jordan (1942)
One Foot in Hell
Year: 1960

Director:
James B. Clark
Mitch: You know, I read something a long time ago: Follow the rainbow... but don't wait for the gold to be in it.
Dan: Look for the silver in between. Yeah, I know - I went to school once, too. Say, what are you? Are you some kind of do-gooder or something? You want to save my soul, Mister?
Mitch: No, I want a few men with anger and guts enough to follow that rainbow and grab a pot full of gold - not petty silver in-between.
The Badlanders
Year: 1958

Director:
Delmer Daves
Peter Van Hoek: And this time, we won't need a button hook...
-- Alan Ladd (as Peter Van Hoek) in The Badlanders (1958)
The Badlanders
Year: 1958

Director:
Delmer Daves
Peter Van Hoek: You know, there's not a rich man that doesn't want to be richer.
-- Alan Ladd (as Peter Van Hoek) in The Badlanders (1958)
This Gun for Hire
Year: 1942

Director:
Frank Tuttle
Philip Raven: [Ellen is wrapping a handkerchief around Raven's wrist] That's enough.
Ellen Graham: You're a funny guy. You like my doing that, but you won't admit it.
Philip Raven: That's sucker talk.
-- Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire
Year: 1942

Director:
Frank Tuttle
Philip Raven: You are trying to make me go soft. Well, you can save it. I don't go soft for anybody.
-- Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire (1942)
Drum Beat
Year: 1954

Director:
Delmer Daves
Nellie Grant: Have you ever seen Indians bit the dust?
Johnny MacKay: They don't really bite, it, Miss - they hit it.
-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny MacKay) in Drum Beat (1954)
Drum Beat
Year: 1954

Director:
Delmer Daves
[discussing Captain Jack]
President Ulysses S. Grant: What kind of man is he?
Johnny MacKay: Well, some people say he's got a little white blood in him because of his white eye... but I think it's mostly bad blood.
-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny MacKay) in Drum Beat (1954)