Film Quotes by Dick Powell
43 quotes
Year: 1944
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Lindsay Marriott:
How would you like a swift punch on the nose?
Philip Marlowe: I tremble at the thought of such violence.
Philip Marlowe: I tremble at the thought of such violence.
--
Dick Powell
(as Philip Marlowe)
in
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Lindsay Marriott:
I'm afraid I don't like your manner.
Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I've had complaints about it, but it keeps getting worse.
Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I've had complaints about it, but it keeps getting worse.
--
Dick Powell
(as Philip Marlowe)
in
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Year: 1951
Director:
Robert Parrish
Director:
Robert Parrish
--
Dick Powell
in
Cry Danger
(1951)
Year: 1938
Director:
Ray Enright
Director:
Ray Enright
Ellen Parker:
[running towards her horse's stall] There's Lady Ellen! Hello there, girl-how are you?
[to Peter]
Ellen Parker: She's my pet - was named after me.
Peter Mason: Oh, that's nice.
Ellen Parker: Isn't she lovely? Look at her coloring!
Peter Mason: [looking at Ellen] Lovely coloring...
Ellen Parker: And such soulful eyes.
Peter Mason: [still looking at Ellen] Beautiful hair...
Ellen Parker: Hair? Are you talking about the mane?
Peter Mason: Oh, oh, the mane! Oh, yes, I should remember the Maine.
[to Peter]
Ellen Parker: She's my pet - was named after me.
Peter Mason: Oh, that's nice.
Ellen Parker: Isn't she lovely? Look at her coloring!
Peter Mason: [looking at Ellen] Lovely coloring...
Ellen Parker: And such soulful eyes.
Peter Mason: [still looking at Ellen] Beautiful hair...
Ellen Parker: Hair? Are you talking about the mane?
Peter Mason: Oh, oh, the mane! Oh, yes, I should remember the Maine.
--
Dick Powell
in
Going Places
(1938)
Year: 1951
Director:
Robert Parrish
Director:
Robert Parrish
Nancy Morgan:
What happens if the police come?
Rocky Mulloy: We're old friends. We'll always find something to talk about.
Rocky Mulloy: We're old friends. We'll always find something to talk about.
--
Dick Powell
in
Cry Danger
(1951)
Year: 1954
Director:
Frank Tashlin
Director:
Frank Tashlin
Virgil, Mark's Gofer:
But as a very wise child bride pointed out: who needs me around here? I'm too old for college and too young for charity. That leaves the navy.
Mark Christopher: Deserter.
Mark Christopher: Deserter.
--
Dick Powell
(as Mark Christopher)
in
Susan Slept Here
(1954)
Year: 1933
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Billy Lawler:
[to Peggy Sawyer] Hey, I've been for you ever since you walked in on me in my BVD's.
--
Dick Powell
(as Billy Lawler)
in
42nd Street
(1933)
Year: 1934
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Bob Lane:
[angrily to Joan as he leaves] You know, I'm pretty goodabout that cheating business myself! And all that junk I fed you about being in love with ya was just a lot of conversation! Give me a buzzz if you want some windows washed! I'm goin' into business! You know, you may not look so bad from the outside!
--
Dick Powell
in
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Year: 1952
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
James Lee Bartlow:
I started to work.
--
Dick Powell
(as James Lee Bartlow)
in
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Year: 1952
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
James Lee Bartlow:
My first novel, on which I had labored for seven years, was just out. Surprisingly for a scholarly work on early Virginia, it was doing a brisk nationwide sale - possibly because it was liberally peppered with sex. Because, after all, early Virginia was liberally peppered with sex. Could that have been why Hollywood bought it?
--
Dick Powell
(as James Lee Bartlow)
in
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)