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"Things ain't workin' out for me today!" - Homer Van Meter

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    tgladek — 17 years ago(October 08, 2008 10:46 PM)

    Joe-armenta -
    YES! The popsicle line is the best in the movie, and one of my favorite all-time cinematic quotes.
    Live kindly,
    Terry

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      partee-boyee — 18 years ago(February 09, 2008 05:21 AM)

      what about Melvin Purvis's remark: ." I knew I'd never take him alive.I didn't try too hard neither ".

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        Alligator_80 — 18 years ago(February 12, 2008 10:00 PM)

        "Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is! These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life; don't make it your last!"

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          sabre59 — 18 years ago(February 23, 2008 11:20 AM)

          I didn't know nothin' about it, I thought they's all millionaires
          and
          Get over behind that wheel 'fore I kill ya

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            Alvin-Karpis — 18 years ago(March 29, 2008 09:18 PM)

            "Step on it, I got his gumball machine"

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              Holt-2 — 17 years ago(May 08, 2008 10:59 PM)

              "I'M IMMORTAL!!!!"

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                  crockett3663 — 17 years ago(September 26, 2008 12:19 PM)

                  I loved that line from Homer Van Meter (HDS) "Things ain't workin' out for me today"right before the townsfolk surround him and blast him in the middle of the street. Pretty harsh violence for it's time period if you ask me.

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                    nosnojsirhc — 17 years ago(November 04, 2008 08:53 AM)

                    Harry Dean Stanton got all the best lines:

                    1. things ain't working out for me today
                    2. drive! i got his gumball machine
                    3. if you don't speed up (or was it slow down) i'm going to put one right in the back of your GD head!
                    4. what's a man supposed to do?
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                      Skragg — 16 years ago(May 03, 2009 08:28 PM)

                      "This is turning into a radio show!"

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                        chelseaal — 16 years ago(May 30, 2009 04:41 AM)

                        Not so much as best lines, but when Dillenger tries to split the money from his raid with the mechanic and bank manager, and the bank manager takes his cut and says 'well, times are hard' before wishing Dillinger well.
                        A lovely scene

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                          Skragg — 16 years ago(May 30, 2009 09:11 AM)

                          Yes, definitely. And the whole IDEA of him treating his HOSTAGES as ACCOMPLICES!

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                            chelseaal — 16 years ago(May 31, 2009 12:15 AM)

                            I also liked when Pretty Boy Floyd was mortally wounded and says to Purves, 'I was glad it was you'

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                              Skragg — 16 years ago(May 31, 2009 09:29 AM)

                              Yes, his whole part at the end was good. I've never been a HUGE Dallas fan, but I've always liked Steve Kanaly, and I think he was one of the most convincing actors in Dillinger.

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                                chelseaal — 16 years ago(May 31, 2009 12:27 PM)

                                The whole cast was spot on, the new re-make has some way to go before it'll beat the 1973 classic

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                                  Ftaren — 16 years ago(June 03, 2009 07:36 PM)

                                  When Dillinger is busting out, the guy in the garage at the jail looks at him and goes "It's you! You're HIM!" That always struck me as hilarious. Another one that I liked was in a scene that followed that, when the guy ran after the car and shouted "Mr.Dillinger! Mr. Dillinger! Take me, too! I wanna be a Bank Robber!"

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                                    bamboopandacat — 16 years ago(July 08, 2009 12:03 AM)

                                    Omg lol, what about the best line in the movie?
                                    Dillinger just got done doing some crazy sh!t (I think it was after he ESCAPED PRISON WITH A BAR OF SOAP! lol) or robbing some banks, shooting it out with cops. Then when the guy is getting away with Dillinger in the back, John is like:
                                    "What the hell's wrong with you, ya crazy?!?! You're driving is gonna get us killed! 30-40 mph is just fine".
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                                    I'm always like; did you just ask HIM if he was crazy?!?! I don't think the driving is gonna be the culpret.

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                                      Petronius Arbiter II — 16 years ago(July 08, 2009 01:26 AM)

                                      Purvis: Hey, kid! Kid! That's right, you! What're you playing?
                                      Kid from hallway: Cops and robbers
                                      Purvis: What're you, the cop or the robber?
                                      Kid: Robber.
                                      Purvis: Ah, crime doesn't pay. I bet your dad told you that.
                                      Kid: I ain't got no dad.
                                      Purvis: Sorry to hear that. Every kid should have a dad You know who I am?
                                      Kid: No.
                                      Purvis: You really don't know who I am?
                                      Kid: No.
                                      Purvis: I'm Melvin Purvis, G-Man.
                                      Kid: You ain't him.
                                      Purvis: Wanna see my badge? (pause) I'll bet you'd like to see my gun.
                                      Kid: Yeah!
                                      Purvis: Unh, I got to unload it. Not that I don't trust you, but if something happened, I'd always think of you when I looked at a little boy.
                                      Kid: You got a little boy too?
                                      Purvis: No, sir. I'm like you, I don't have any. Now hold it. How's it feel?
                                      Kid: Feels heavy.
                                      Purvis: When you grow up, it won't feel heavy. You'll have one just like it. You'll have a badge, too.
                                      Kid: Wouldn't wanta be a G-Man.
                                      Purvis: Well, why not?
                                      Kid: Have ta go to school to be a G-Man.
                                      Purvis: Well, you gotta go to school!
                                      Kid: John Dillinger don't go to school.
                                      Purvis: John Dillinger's in jail!
                                      (Kid bites lip, gives surly look, waves goodbye and walks away quickly. Cut to Dillinger, as he finishes carving wooden gun in Crown Point jail.)
                                      "I don't deduce, I observe."

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                                        Mudflap — 16 years ago(August 22, 2009 11:10 PM)

                                        "It takes the combination of them fellers standin over there, and them shiney cars, and them fancy lookin girls, means they's all criminals!" -Big Jim Wollard.

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                                          RomaVictorrrr — 15 years ago(October 03, 2010 05:59 PM)

                                          finish the line
                                          "Decent people don't live that good."
                                          Lovely

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