Film Quotes by James Cagney
135 quotes
Year: 1939
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Eddie Bartlett:
One thing, Lloyd. They tell me your boss is building a case against our old friend, George.
Lloyd Hart: The case is already built, Eddie.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, well, you remember what he said would happen if you ever told what you knew about him?
Lloyd Hart: I remember.
Eddie Bartlett: So does he.
Lloyd Hart: The case is already built, Eddie.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, well, you remember what he said would happen if you ever told what you knew about him?
Lloyd Hart: I remember.
Eddie Bartlett: So does he.
--
James Cagney
(as Eddie Bartlett)
in
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Eddie Bartlett:
You always said you were going to take real good care of me, didn't you George?
George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
Eddie Bartlett: Here's one rap you ain't gonna beat!
[fires twice]
George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
Eddie Bartlett: Here's one rap you ain't gonna beat!
[fires twice]
--
James Cagney
(as Eddie Bartlett)
in
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Year: 1960
Director:
Robert Montgomery
Director:
Robert Montgomery
Fleet Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.:
Half a carrier is better than none.
--
James Cagney
in
The Gallant Hours
(1960)
Year: 1960
Director:
Robert Montgomery
Director:
Robert Montgomery
Fleet Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.:
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
--
James Cagney
in
The Gallant Hours
(1960)
Year: 1939
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Frank Ross:
An army couldn't get you out of that courthouse. A lot of guys have tried it and they've all been buried.
--
James Cagney
(as Frank Ross)
in
Each Dawn I Die
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Frank Ross:
I don't love life much, but I don't hate it enough to stick my head in front of a screw's bullet.
--
James Cagney
(as Frank Ross)
in
Each Dawn I Die
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Frank Ross:
I'll get out if I hafta kill every screw in the joint!
--
James Cagney
(as Frank Ross)
in
Each Dawn I Die
(1939)
Year: 1942
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
George M. Cohan:
It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us.
--
James Cagney
(as George M. Cohan)
in
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
George M. Cohan:
My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you.
--
James Cagney
(as George M. Cohan)
in
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Year: 1953
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Hank Martin:
Brighten up, sweet-face, brighten up, 'cause you married a winner, not a loser!
--
James Cagney
(as Hank Martin)
in
A Lion Is in the Streets
(1953)