The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Mickey Rooney: 'Gig' Stevens
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Quotes
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Judge Holmes : You fellas play football, don't you?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : Yeah.
'Gig' Stevens : Sure.
Judge Holmes : When you don't like a quarterback's signals, do you walk out on him? The point is, fellas, that there's times when parents don't seem to understand - just can't understand at all. Now that's the time when I want you fellas to show me how tough you are.
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : How?
Judge Holmes : By pulling the switch on 'em and doing exactly as they say, that's all. Now that's what makes a fella tough. To be able to take it. Well, you wouldn't want anyone calling you a "little devil," would you?" That's what they say about bad little sissies who act naughty when they can't have their own way. By the way, the devil is a weak sissy. You know that, don't you?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : The devil?
Judge Holmes : Sure, because he was an angel once.
'Gig' Stevens : An angel?
Judge Holmes : Yeah, and an angel has to be tough in order to do his job and the devil couldn't be tough enough so they threw him out and he's been hiding down below ever since. You know, I think the devil's a sissy.
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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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Robert 'Buck' Murphy : 80? What do you want with 80 bucks?
'Gig' Stevens : I want to buy a tombstone for my father.
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'Gig' Stevens : You didn't read about what my old man said, huh?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : No, I didn't.
'Gig' Stevens : The squealer got it first. My old man said, 'Wipe off that chair, a rat just got through sittin' in it.'
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : Boy, he was plenty tough, you know.
'Gig' Stevens : I'll say he was tough. You know how long he was in the chair?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : How long?
'Gig' Stevens : Nine minutes. Ya know how many volts it took to finish him?
Robert 'Buck' Murphy : No.
'Gig' Stevens : Four jolts of more than 2,000 volts. And, you know, that's more electricity than it takes to run this streetcar.