Film Quotes by Jim Backus
17 quotes
Year: 1957
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Clarence Locan:
Make it 1001 faces, Lon. This is one I've never seen before.
--
Jim Backus
in
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Clarence Locan:
What'd you say?
Creighton Chaney at 13: Huh?
Clarence Locan: A thousand faces! Thalberg's been after me to start a new advertising campaign. "The Man of a Thousand Faces"! How's that?
Creighton Chaney at 13: Huh?
Clarence Locan: A thousand faces! Thalberg's been after me to start a new advertising campaign. "The Man of a Thousand Faces"! How's that?
--
Jim Backus
in
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Year: 1951
Director:
Fletcher Markle
Director:
Fletcher Markle
Flaherty:
And to show you I have indeed read the book, it says in Ecclesiastes "Money answereth all things".
Dupin: In bitterness, Flaherty, it was said in bitterness!
Flaherty: That's the way I was asking for it.
Dupin: In bitterness, Flaherty, it was said in bitterness!
Flaherty: That's the way I was asking for it.
--
Jim Backus
(as Flaherty)
in
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Year: 1955
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Frank Stark:
I wouldn't make a hasty decision. Nobody can make a snap decision. We've got to consider the pros and cons, make a list, get advice... Have I ever stopped you from doing anything?
--
Jim Backus
(as Frank Stark)
in
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Year: 1948
Director:
Robert McKimson
Director:
Robert McKimson
Genie:
Three cheers and a tiger for you!
--
Jim Backus
in
A-Lad-In His Lamp
(1948)
Year: 1952
Director:
Richard Brooks
Director:
Richard Brooks
Jim Cleary:
A journalist makes himself the hero of the story. A reporter is only a witness.
--
Jim Backus
in
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
Year: 1953
Director:
Don Weis
Director:
Don Weis
Mergo:
[About Melvin] The last I saw him, he was going to throw himself off a tall building.
Judy: Oh no!
Mergo: Oh, he didn't do it. I'd 've heard from his first.
Judy: How do you know?
Mergo: He promised me the shot!
Judy: Oh no!
Mergo: Oh, he didn't do it. I'd 've heard from his first.
Judy: How do you know?
Mergo: He promised me the shot!
--
Jim Backus
in
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Don Weis
Director:
Don Weis
Mergo:
It'll work! You know, I wouldn't do this for a friend of mine. He might get in trouble. With you, I don't care.
--
Jim Backus
in
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Don Weis
Director:
Don Weis
Mergo:
What are you grinning about?
Melvin: Oh, nothing, just happy.
Mergo: Well, don't let me catch you being happy around me!
Melvin: Oh, nothing, just happy.
Mergo: Well, don't let me catch you being happy around me!
--
Jim Backus
in
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Don Weis
Director:
Don Weis
Mergo:
You got a cover idea? What is it?
Melvin: A girl!
Mergo: Oh joy! Now THERE is an earth-shaking notion! A girl on the cover of a magazine! They'll go mad, I tell you, mad!
Melvin: But this girl's different!
Mergo: What's she got, three eyes?
Melvin: A girl!
Mergo: Oh joy! Now THERE is an earth-shaking notion! A girl on the cover of a magazine! They'll go mad, I tell you, mad!
Melvin: But this girl's different!
Mergo: What's she got, three eyes?
--
Jim Backus
in
I Love Melvin
(1953)