# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 62
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1224 "2022-05-18T22:34:28Z")
Wow! I’m impressed! 😲 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1225 "2022-05-18T22:37:24Z")
I love old Disney. Here’s one for you: “This time, we’ve got him for sure!” I’m also thinking of an old Disney film. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1226 "2022-05-18T22:38:27Z")
_ **The Fox and the Hound** _? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1227 "2022-05-18T22:44:06Z")
_scratches chin_ You know, maybe it’s in that too. I was thinking of another one, though. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1228 "2022-05-18T22:54:56Z")
So many possibilities. Maybe _ **Robin Hood** _? Or older than that? Animated or live action? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1229 "2022-05-18T23:07:31Z")
Robin Hood; that’s what I had in mind. “If a man washes a dish and no one sees it…” [Together] “…Did it happen?” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1230 "2022-05-18T23:15:15Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “If a man washes a dish and no one sees it…” > > [Together] “…Did it happen?” Sorry, no idea. Is it another Disney quote? This one is: “This meeting can do nothing more to save the country!” Movie, actor, and the figure he’s portraying, please! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1231 "2022-05-18T23:20:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Sorry, no idea. Is it another Disney quote? Nope, not Disney. And I’ve got no idea on yours, either. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1232 "2022-05-18T23:24:01Z")
☹ I’ll give you a clue: It’s the kind of movie you might have seen in class when you were in fifth or sixth grade (in the USA), which is where I saw it. The line is spoken just before a certain historic event. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1233 "2022-05-18T23:37:12Z")
I’ll make my best guess: Denzel Washington as Malcolm in _Malcolm X_? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1234 "2022-05-18T23:42:23Z")
I haven’t seen _ **Malcolm X** _, but I don’t think it’s a Disney film. 😉 The actor is someone who makes people of my generation say “Oh, hey, it’s _that_ guy!” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1235 "2022-05-19T01:10:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ll give you a clue: It’s the kind of movie you might have seen in class when you were in fifth or sixth grade (in the USA), which is where I saw it. The line is spoken just before a certain historic event. Hmmm, I might need to enjoy a Boston Lager whilst I ponder this one… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1236 "2022-05-19T01:11:37Z")
You’re in the right city! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1237 "2022-05-19T01:13:54Z")
Maybe Marion will get him one 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1238 "2022-05-19T01:16:36Z")
Not Francis, surely! 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1239 "2022-05-19T01:27:57Z")
BTW, I just looked at the IMDb entry and saw (much to my surprise) that the actor I was thinking of is indeed in the film but apparently does **not** deliver the line, as I clearly remember him doing. I know it was 50+ years ago, but I can’t believe my memory is _that_ bad! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1240 "2022-05-20T04:37:18Z")
“That’s the way I like 'em,…big and sassy!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1241 "2022-05-20T05:11:23Z")
“I can do anything I want. I’m eccentric.” Millionaire John Cleese in _ **Rat Race** _. “Do you know how much water it takes the Germans to make a ton of steel?” Michael Redgrave as Dr Barnes Wallis in _ **The Dam Busters** _. “Alright, stand back you pedestrians, this ain’t no automobile accident.” George Kennedy as “Dragline” in _ **Cool Hand Luke** _, just before the egg-eating contest. “And now, Leftenant Bergman, we will discuss the reason for your visit to Norway.” Hot Gestapo interrogator in _ **633 Squadron** _. “This meeting can do nothing more to save the country!” Disney’s _ **Johnny Tremain** _, spoken by Sam Adams prior to the Boston Tea Party. I was sure Sam was played by the late, great Whit Bissell (_ **Star Trek** _, _ **The Time Tunnel** _), but IMDb says the actor was Rusty Lane. Bissell evidently played American patriot Josiah Quincy.) In case you were wondering, Lt Col Francis Marion was played by the late, great Leslie Nielsen in Disney’s _ **The Swamp Fox** _. But surely you knew that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1242 "2022-05-20T05:17:36Z")
Another one: "But Marx wasn’t a German. Marx was a Jew.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1243 "2022-05-21T07:05:18Z")
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