The Racket (1928)
Marie Prevost: Helen Hayes
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Quotes
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Cub Reporter Ames : I told you not to look after me... Why did you do it?
Helen Hayes : Because - -- because you affect me like a mammy song.
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Helen Hayes : You can get away with murder, but you can't pull that stuff on me!
Nick Scarsi : Lay off this kid, you dirty little gold digger! He's not in the racket - and he's not going to be!
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Helen Hayes : He called me a gold digger. Well, I'll dig - and dig deep!
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Helen Hayes : [Driving in Joe's car] You'll be stopping next - telling me you're out of gas.
Joe Scarsi : That little glow-worm on your engagement finger ought to prove I'm serious.
Helen Hayes : No, Joe - you can't beat the wedding bells.
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Cub Reporter Ames : Oh! - hello!
Helen Hayes : Didn't your mother tell you not to speak to strange ladies?
Cub Reporter Ames : Don't think I'm fresh, but I feel I know you. I heard you sing.
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Patrolman Johnson : That's the dame he walked... She saw the accident.
Police Captain James McQuigg : How did it happen?
Helen Hayes : Sorry, Policeman, but I'm tongue-tied.
Police Captain James McQuigg : Put her downstairs with the other ladies... She'll talk!
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Police Captain James McQuigg : Left flat! - - And you thought Joe was going to marry you. And you're afraid to talk. Yellow - for fear of a couple of bragging punks!
Helen Hayes : You're a liar!
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Helen Hayes : So you're Scarsi, the Awful - - afraid of women, but death on kids! Nobody ought to be afraid of you... Not when you had to slug this baby!
Nick Scarsi : What'd he get in my way for?
Helen Hayes : There's your confession!
Police Captain James McQuigg : All of which proves that women are still poison to you.
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Helen Hayes : So it's dog eat dog to the last ditch, eh, Captain?
Police Captain James McQuigg : You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Helen Hayes : You and me both, Policeman.