The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Humphrey Bogart: George Hally

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• George Halley : [the men are taking cover in a bombed-out farmhouse, shooting at German soldiers somewhere off-screen. Lloyd takes aim at a German soldier, but hesitates, then lowers his rifle]  Whatsa' matta', "Harvard," did you lose the Heine?

  Lloyd Hart : No... but he looks like a kid, about 15 years old.

  George Halley : -

  [Aims his rifle and without any hesitation shoots the young German soldier] 

  George Halley : He won't be sixteen.

  [Seconds later, a fellow soldier rushes in to tell them the war is over, the Armistice has been signed] 

• Eddie Bartlett : I trust my friends.

  [Walks off] 

  George Halley : That guys a sucker. I don't trust any of my friends.

  Panama Smith : The feeling's mutual, George. They don't trust you either.

• George Halley : [Yet another soldier has dived into the shell hole for cover]  There's ten thousand shell holes around here and everybody's gotta' come divin' into this one.

• George Halley : [Referring to The Sergeant, who rides roughshod over the men]  Someday I'm gonna' catch that ape without his stripes on and I'm gonna' kick his teeth out.

  Eddie Bartlett : [Mockingly looking George up and down]  You must be quite a guy back home.

  George Halley : [Shrugs nonchalantly]  I do all right.

• George Halley : [In the shell hole, battle raging overhead]  What's a matta' kid? Ya' scared?

  Lloyd Hart : Yes I am.

  George Halley : [Chuckles unsympathetically]  No heart, huh?

  Lloyd Hart : I'm beginning to think so. At least I haven't got any heart for this. I thought this business would be over with before I got here.

  George Halley : What, are you a college kid?

  Lloyd Hart : I just finished law school.

  Eddie Bartlett : Oh, a lawyer, huh? Can you think of anything that can get us out of this hole?

  George Halley : Aw, he wouldn't if he could. He's one of them guys that cheer the loudest back home, and then when they get over here and the goin' gets tough they fold up.

  Eddie Bartlett : [Annoyed]  Shut up...

  George Halley : I'm talkin' to him...

  Eddie Bartlett : [Talking to George]  And I'm talkin' to YOU. I don't like heroes or big mouths. We're all scared, and why shouldn't we be? Whaddya' think they're usin' in this war, water pistols?

  Eddie Bartlett : [Talking to Lloyd]  You're all right, kid. I like guys who are honest with themselves. Stay that way.

  Eddie Bartlett : [the shelling around them has died down]  Come on. It looks like it's quieted down.

  [the three men make their way out of the shell hole] 

• George Hally : I always say, when you got a job to do, get somebody else to do it.

• George Halley : [while running across the battlefield ablaze with an artillery barrage in progress, Eddie has just dived into a gaping shell hole for cover. He practically lands on top of another soldier who is already in the crater]  Now, do you always come into a rat hole like that?

  Eddie Bartlett : What do you want me to do, knock?

• George Halley : [In the shell hole: Eddie offers a cigarette to George. He in turn takes it, and then picks out bugs that apparently infest everything]  Ah, look at that. Them cooties are gettin' desperate: they're feedin' off tobacco.

  Eddie Bartlett : How much can a cootie smoke?

• George Halley : You must've been readin' about Napoleon.

  Eddie Bartlett : What's botherin' you?

  George Halley : First, you used to ask me about things, then you began to tell me, now you ignore me. My feelin's is gettin' hurt.

  Eddie Bartlett : Oh, my poor delicate little rose bud. Ain't that a shame. Just as long as your bank roll ain't hurtin', you got nothing to squawk about.

• 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] 

• The Sergeant : When you get an order in the army, buddy, you jump!

  George Halley : You mean like you did when you worked for my old man and he caught you stealin' nickels?

  The Sergeant : I ain't workin' for him now and I ain't workin' for you.

  George Halley : Yeah well you might be. I'm gonna give you a break. I'm gonna let you stand behind the bar with all your medals on and tell all the drunks how you won the war.

• George Halley : A million guys in the Army and a babe like her has got to pick out a mug like him.

• Eddie Bartlett : Someday that heater of yours will blast you right into the hot seat.

  George Halley : Well, if it does, you'll be sitting right in my lap.

• George Halley : Listen, gals like her go for guys like that. You know, with all that Joe College stuff. He's gonna take her to football games, fraternity dances. All that rah-rah stuff. A kid like him can't miss.

• George Halley : What do you say?

  Eddie Bartlett : I don't trust you, George.

  George Halley : You could stand a little watching yourself.

  Eddie Bartlett : That sounds like a pretty good basis for a partnership. You're on, it's a deal.

• Eddie Bartlett : I trust my friends.

  [exits] 

  George Halley : You know, he's a sucker. I don't trust mine.

  Panama Smith : It's mutual, chump. They don't trust you, either.

• George Halley : I always say when you got a job to do, get somebody else to do it.

• Eddie Bartlett : If I wanna buy 10,000 cabs, I'll buy 'em. Besides, they're a good front. Maybe something to fall back on in my old age.

  George Halley : In this business, you shouldn't worry about your old age.