Film Quotes by Lee Marvin
55 quotes
Year: 1967
Director:
John Boorman
Director:
John Boorman
Walker:
How bad does he want you, Chris?
Chris: Oh, I don't know. Who knows.
Walker: Yeah, you know. How bad?
Chris: Pretty bad, I guess.
Walker: Bad enough to let you through into the Huntley?
Chris: Why should I?
Walker: Well, it's up to you.
Chris: Oh, I don't know. Who knows.
Walker: Yeah, you know. How bad?
Chris: Pretty bad, I guess.
Walker: Bad enough to let you through into the Huntley?
Chris: Why should I?
Walker: Well, it's up to you.
--
Lee Marvin
(as Walker)
in
Point Blank
(1967)
Year: 1963
Director:
John Ford
Director:
John Ford
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan:
[Sending Morse Code message to Doc] Let's have it.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: [Reads note from Gilhooley] "Doc, Mayday, your Boston dotter here." Dotter, D-O-T-T-E-R.
Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley: That's right. Two T's.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Insert name of? Her name's Amelia!
Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley: How do I know? I ain't shackin' up with her!
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: [Reads note from Gilhooley] "Doc, Mayday, your Boston dotter here." Dotter, D-O-T-T-E-R.
Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley: That's right. Two T's.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Insert name of? Her name's Amelia!
Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley: How do I know? I ain't shackin' up with her!
--
Lee Marvin
(as Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley)
in
Donovan's Reef
(1963)
Year: 1961
Director:
Michael Curtiz*John Wayne
Director:
Michael Curtiz*John Wayne
Paul Regret:
Mind a suggestion friend? Trouble with you is you don't enjoy the game for its own rewards: stimulation, relaxation, pleasant association, and interesting conversation.
Tully Crow: Shut your mouth.
Tully Crow: Shut your mouth.
--
Lee Marvin
(as Tully Crow)
in
The Comancheros
(1961)
Year: 1957
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
T.D. Shawnessy:
[to Flash, who is drinking beer in public] Flash Perkins, don't you know that your body is the temple of the spirit, and you defile and pollute it with that Devil's brew you have there?
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: [Nonchalantly] Why, if you say so, pappy...
T.D. Shawnessy: Why don't you come 'round to our next temperance rally. Come 'round and take the Total Abstinence Pledge.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: Why, pappy, I'll take that pledge right now.
T.D. Shawnessy: Orville, we want men to take that pledge only when they're sober.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: But if they're sober, what's the point in havin' them take the pledge?
[Everybody laughs]
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: [Nonchalantly] Why, if you say so, pappy...
T.D. Shawnessy: Why don't you come 'round to our next temperance rally. Come 'round and take the Total Abstinence Pledge.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: Why, pappy, I'll take that pledge right now.
T.D. Shawnessy: Orville, we want men to take that pledge only when they're sober.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins: But if they're sober, what's the point in havin' them take the pledge?
[Everybody laughs]
--
Lee Marvin
(as Orville 'Flash' Perkins)
in
Raintree County
(1957)
Year: 1954
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Chief Budge:
[Queeg is distracted while the Caine is turning] Hey, Meatball! Am I seein' things or are we about to run over our own tow line!
Meatball: That's crazy; we can't be... we are about to run over our own tow line! What are they doin' up there?
Meatball: That's crazy; we can't be... we are about to run over our own tow line! What are they doin' up there?
--
Lee Marvin
(as Meatball)
in
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Year: 1967
Director:
John Boorman
Director:
John Boorman
--
Lee Marvin
(as Walker)
in
Point Blank
(1967)
Year: 1969
Director:
Joshua Logan
Director:
Joshua Logan
Elizabeth:
Did you know that the Fenty's had an apple farm back in Pennsylvania?
Ben Rumson: Apple jack, huh?
Mr. Fenty: No, sir, we did not make apple jack!
Ben Rumson: Then, what did you grow the apples for?
Mr. Fenty: Mr. Rumson, do you think that everything that comes out of the earth should be used to make liquor?
Ben Rumson: Whenever possible, yes.
Ben Rumson: Apple jack, huh?
Mr. Fenty: No, sir, we did not make apple jack!
Ben Rumson: Then, what did you grow the apples for?
Mr. Fenty: Mr. Rumson, do you think that everything that comes out of the earth should be used to make liquor?
Ben Rumson: Whenever possible, yes.
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Lee Marvin
(as Ben Rumson)
in
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)
Year: 1969
Director:
Joshua Logan
Director:
Joshua Logan
Parson:
[when some travelers have been newly rescued from hunger and cold] Rumson, I am entering your house to pray for the unfortunate victims.
Ben Rumson: Not tonight Parson, these folks have suffered enough. Now why don't you do that outside where God can hear you better, 'cause I'll be talking in here.
Ben Rumson: Not tonight Parson, these folks have suffered enough. Now why don't you do that outside where God can hear you better, 'cause I'll be talking in here.
--
Lee Marvin
(as Ben Rumson)
in
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)
Year: 1969
Director:
Joshua Logan
Director:
Joshua Logan
Horton:
Mr. Rumson, I swore I wouldn't tell anyone. I hope that means except my father and mother.
Ben Rumson: That means especially your father and mother.
Horton: But I've never kept anything from them before.
Ben Rumson: Well, it's time you started. Because when you do, a whole new world opens up.
Ben Rumson: That means especially your father and mother.
Horton: But I've never kept anything from them before.
Ben Rumson: Well, it's time you started. Because when you do, a whole new world opens up.
--
Lee Marvin
(as Ben Rumson)
in
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)
Year: 1969
Director:
Joshua Logan
Director:
Joshua Logan
Mrs. Fenty:
You should read the Bible, Mr. Rumson.
Ben Rumson: I have read the Bible, Mrs. Fenty.
Mrs. Fenty: Didn't that discourage you about drinking?
Ben Rumson: No, but it sure killed my appetite for readin'!
Ben Rumson: I have read the Bible, Mrs. Fenty.
Mrs. Fenty: Didn't that discourage you about drinking?
Ben Rumson: No, but it sure killed my appetite for readin'!
--
Lee Marvin
(as Ben Rumson)
in
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)