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Film Quotes by Dick Powell

43 quotes
Johnny O'Clock
Year: 1947

Director:
Robert Rossen
Johnny O'Clock
Pete Marchettis: You're whistling through your teeth.
Johnny O'Clock: So let him whistle.
-- Dick Powell in Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Cry Danger
Year: 1951

Director:
Robert Parrish
Cry Danger
Williams, Trailer Park Manager: [as Mulloy exits the trailer park shower] Did you turn off the shower?
Rocky Mulloy: [Deadpanned] I couldn't even turn it on.
-- Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)
Cry Danger
Year: 1951

Director:
Robert Parrish
Cry Danger
Williams, Trailer Park Manager: I don't like it at all, Mr. Mulloy.
Rocky Mulloy: Well, I'm sorry to hear that. I wish I knew what you were talking about.
-- Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)
Murder, My Sweet
Year: 1944

Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Murder, My Sweet
Ann Grayle: You know, I think you're nuts. You go barging around without a very clear idea of what you're doing. Everybody bats you down, smacks you over the head, fills you full of stuff... and you keep right on hitting between tackle and end. I don't think you even know which SIDE you're on.
Philip Marlowe: I don't know which side anybody's on. I don't even know who's playing today.
-- Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Johnny O'Clock
Year: 1947

Director:
Robert Rossen
Johnny O'Clock
Nancy Hobbs: What do I do now, Johnny?
Johnny O'Clock: Dry your eys and blow your nose in the order named.
-- Dick Powell in Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Susan Slept Here
Year: 1954

Director:
Frank Tashlin
Susan Slept Here
Susan Beaurgard Landis: [looking at a picture of Isabella] You know, I'd like to get a dye job and a facial like her.
Mark Christopher: Isabella is a natural blond.
Susan Beaurgard Landis: You sure?
Mark Christopher: We're very good friends... She told me.
-- Dick Powell (as Mark Christopher) in Susan Slept Here (1954)
Susan Slept Here
Year: 1954

Director:
Frank Tashlin
Susan Slept Here
Susan Beaurgard Landis: And thank you for the whistle, too, even if you didn't mean it.
Mark Christopher: I meant every pucker.
-- Dick Powell (as Mark Christopher) in Susan Slept Here (1954)
Cry Danger
Year: 1951

Director:
Robert Parrish
Cry Danger
Delong: Well, the place looks lived in.
Rocky Mulloy: Yeah, but by what?
-- Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)
Cry Danger
Year: 1951

Director:
Robert Parrish
Cry Danger
Delong: You buy nice drinks, mister.
Rocky Mulloy: But you talk too much.
-- Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)
Meet the People
Year: 1944

Director:
Charles Reisner
Meet the People
Monte Rowland: Then just what is it you want, Mr. Swanson?
William 'Swanee' Swanson: The show I wrote. It has a point of view, not just a view of points.
-- Dick Powell (as William 'Swanee' Swanson) in Meet the People (1944)