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Film Quotes by Paul Ford

8 quotes
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Year: 1956

Director:
Daniel Mann
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Col. Wainwright Purdy III: Plan B calls for the schoolhouse to be pentagon-shaped.
-- Paul Ford (as Col. Wainwright Purdy III) in The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Year: 1963

Director:
Stanley Kramer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Col. Wilberforce: [completely tangled up in the radio's microphone cord] What the HELL is with this wire?
-- Paul Ford (as Col. Wilberforce) in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Music Man
Year: 1962

Director:
Morton DaCosta
The Music Man
Mayor Shinn: [referring to Harold Hill] He's slipperier than a *Mississippi sturgeon*!
-- Paul Ford (as Mayor George Shinn) in The Music Man (1962)
The Music Man
Year: 1962

Director:
Morton DaCosta
The Music Man
Mayor Shinn: I couldn't make myself any plainer if I'se a Quaker on his day off!
-- Paul Ford (as Mayor George Shinn) in The Music Man (1962)
The Music Man
Year: 1962

Director:
Morton DaCosta
The Music Man
Mayor Shinn: It's as clear as a buttonhook in the well water!
-- Paul Ford (as Mayor George Shinn) in The Music Man (1962)
The Music Man
Year: 1962

Director:
Morton DaCosta
The Music Man
Mayor Shinn: You watch your phraseology!
-- Paul Ford (as Mayor George Shinn) in The Music Man (1962)
The Music Man
Year: 1962

Director:
Morton DaCosta
The Music Man
Mrs. Shinn: Now, George!
Mayor Shinn: Not one poop out of you, Madame!
Mrs. Shinn: [turning to Zaneeta] I think he means "peep"!
Mayor Shinn: [looks back] *Yes!*
-- Paul Ford (as Mayor George Shinn) in The Music Man (1962)
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Year: 1966

Director:
Norman Jewison
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
[after the Russians in the boat eluded capture]
Fendall Hawkins: I'm holding you responsible!
[draws sword]
Fendall Hawkins: As Commander of the Civilian Forces, in this emergency! I'm charging you with treason!
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Gimme that thing!
[grabs his sword and breaks it in half]
Fendall Hawkins: [half tearful-half enraged] That's a Dexter F. Mettles Memorial Sword.
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Yeah.
Fendall Hawkins: [enraged] You traitorous fink!
[goes for Mattocks, resulting in a brawl]
-- Paul Ford (as Fendall Hawkins) in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)