Film Quotes by George Tobias
18 quotes
Year: 1941
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Hinkle:
What do you want from me? I'm not a bad guy. I go to a movie, a dog gets runned over, I'm the first guy to cry.
Peewee Defoe: I tell you what - you feel like getting runned over, I'll be glad to do the same for you.
Hinkle: [snarling as he walks away] Wise guy!
Peewee Defoe: [as a retort] Wise guy!
Peewee Defoe: I tell you what - you feel like getting runned over, I'll be glad to do the same for you.
Hinkle: [snarling as he walks away] Wise guy!
Peewee Defoe: [as a retort] Wise guy!
--
George Tobias
(as Peewee Defoe)
in
The Bride Came C.O.D.
(1941)
Year: 1945
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper:
It's sure peaceful so far.
Cpl. Gabby Gordon: That's the way I like it... peaceful. I already said when I starved to death, I want it to be peaceful.
Cpl. Gabby Gordon: That's the way I like it... peaceful. I already said when I starved to death, I want it to be peaceful.
--
George Tobias
(as Cpl. Gabby Gordon)
in
Objective, Burma!
(1945)
Year: 1945
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper:
What are you thinkin' about, Gabby?
Cpl. Gabby Gordon: [Chuckling] I wonder what happened to those two Zulus I had a date with last week.
Cpl. Gabby Gordon: [Chuckling] I wonder what happened to those two Zulus I had a date with last week.
--
George Tobias
(as Cpl. Gabby Gordon)
in
Objective, Burma!
(1945)
Year: 1954
Director:
Anthony Mann
Director:
Anthony Mann
Glenn Miller:
Alright, alright, let's have the five saxes right in there...
Si Schribman: *Five* saxes?
Glenn Miller: And the trombones, right on the left here, over there, right in there, and the four trumpets right behind them...
Si Schribman: Four Trombones and Four Trumpets! When they get playing, what's gonna hold the roof on?
Sy's Assistant: He's trying five saxes with a trumpet lead.
Si Schribman: Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical!
Si Schribman: *Five* saxes?
Glenn Miller: And the trombones, right on the left here, over there, right in there, and the four trumpets right behind them...
Si Schribman: Four Trombones and Four Trumpets! When they get playing, what's gonna hold the roof on?
Sy's Assistant: He's trying five saxes with a trumpet lead.
Si Schribman: Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical!
--
George Tobias
(as Si Schribman)
in
The Glenn Miller Story
(1954)
Year: 1949
Director:
Robert Wise
Director:
Robert Wise
Red:
I tell you, Tiny, you gotta let him in on it.
Tiny: How many times I gotta say it? There's no percentage in smartenin' up a chump.
Tiny: How many times I gotta say it? There's no percentage in smartenin' up a chump.
--
George Tobias
(as Tiny)
in
The Set-Up
(1949)
Year: 1940
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Police Chief Juan Rodriguez:
Rosario, you no longer have to worry about eating. We are going to shoot you.
Rosario 'Rosie' La Mata: Sooner or later everybody dies. It's too bad I am sooner.
Rosario 'Rosie' La Mata: Sooner or later everybody dies. It's too bad I am sooner.
--
George Tobias
(as Rosario 'Rosie' La Mata)
in
Torrid Zone
(1940)
Year: 1946
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Al Doyle:
[Last Lines]
[to Windy and Ben the security guard as he hears police sirens approaching]
Al Doyle: You'll have plenty of time to dry out now.
[to Windy and Ben the security guard as he hears police sirens approaching]
Al Doyle: You'll have plenty of time to dry out now.
--
George Tobias
in
Nobody Lives Forever
(1946)
Year: 1945
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Cpl. Gabby Gordon:
[about Nelson to the other men] C'm'on! I'll follow him down the barrel of a cannon!
--
George Tobias
(as Cpl. Gabby Gordon)
in
Objective, Burma!
(1945)
Year: 1943
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Freddie:
Say, do you let girls ride with the engineer?
Railroad official: She IS the engineer!
[laughs]
Railroad official: She IS the engineer!
[laughs]
--
George Tobias
(as Freddie)
in
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Year: 1943
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Freddie:
So this is Russia, eh?
Railroad official: Da, da.
Freddie: Well, where's the caviar?
Railroad official: You're eating some now in your bread.
Railroad official: Da, da.
Freddie: Well, where's the caviar?
Railroad official: You're eating some now in your bread.
--
George Tobias
(as Freddie)
in
Mission to Moscow
(1943)