Whistling in Dixie (1942)
Red Skelton: Wally 'The Fox' Benton
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Quotes
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Carol Lambert : [In the dark cellar] I wonder what a ghost would say if he walked in here and saw us?
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : He'd probably say, "Hello, girls" because I wouldn't be here.
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Ellamae Downs : You can call me Ellie.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : If I call you, it'll be collect.
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Carol Lambert : Don't be such a coward!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : Who's a coward? I'm as brave as they go, and I'm going.
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Wally 'The Fox' Benton : [about the unconscious Sheriff in the rising water] He's got one foot in heaven and one in a Turkish bath.
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Wally 'The Fox' Benton : Say, what kind of town is this anyway?
Frank V. Bailie : A town where meddlers should carry heavy life insurance.
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Carol Lambert : Why, look! There are two buzzards making a nest out of hay.
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : [Paranoid] Oh, no, they're not. They're probably drawing straws to see who gets me!
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Wally 'The Fox' Benton : [Looking a beetle-shaped brooch] What I've always wanted... a Japanese beetle!
Carol Lambert : What makes you think it's a Japanese beetle?
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : It's got a yellow belly.
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Frank V. Bailie : [threatening Wally with a gun] Git back agin that wall!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : [cowardly] Thanks. I need something to hold me up.
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Sheriff Claude Stagg : [Amid rising water] Someone help me up! I don't want to drown like a rat!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : Well, you oughta know how!
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Carol Lambert : [Panicked] Oh, I hope I wake up in the morning and find it's all a dream!
Wally 'The Fox' Benton : I hope I wake up!
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Wally 'The Fox' Benton : [after failing to walk through a wall] Pardon me. I thought I was Mr. Jordan!
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Wally 'The Fox' Benton : What are you... a moron?
Chester Conway : Yeah, and well-organized!
