The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Freddie Bartholomew: Claude
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Quotes
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Robert 'Buck' Murphy : [Headed to the principal's office] Hey, Limey. You didn't see me throw that football; you understand?
Claude : I didn't?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : No. You know what we do with squealers around here?
Claude : Uh-uh.
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : We stuff 'em in a sack and drop 'em in the river.
Claude : You do? That seems awfully drastic.
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Claude : Dad, do I have to go back with mother?
Jay Pierce : Why, of course, at the end of six months.
Claude : Why can't I stay here with you?
Jay Pierce : Well, because your mother loves you and wants you with her, the same as I do, hm? You love your mother too, don't you?
Claude : Well, of course. But she's always on boats or in Europe and I don't get a chance to get to know boys like Buck and Gig and Six Toes..
Jay Pierce : Well, you'll be back yet again at the end of six months.
Claude : Well, I know, but, Dad, couldn't I hide when the time came and you could say you didn't know where I was?
Jay Pierce : Well, that would fix things.
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Principal : Murphy, did you throw that football?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : I don't know who threw it.
Principal : Stevens?
'Gig' Stevens : I don't know.
Principal : Pierce, this is this your football, isn't it?
Claude : Yes, sir.
Principal : Did you throw it?
Claude : No, sir.
Principal : Do you know who threw it?
Claude : I really can't say, sir. I'm sorry.
Principal : I cannot overlook deliberate lying.
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Jay Pierce : [Noticing Claude's shiner] Tell me about the fight.
Claude : Well, it wasn't much of a fight. But I was kind of glad when the bobby came along.
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Claude : Why are they going to electrify his father tonight?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : He killed Joe Sullivan and the Connors brothers in a gang fight. Red Stevens is one of the toughest guys around here.
'Six-Toes' : But he didn't have an alibi.
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : Oh, he had an alibi, alright. But the guy wouldn't shut his face off.
Claude : Face off?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : Squeal, you dope.