I’ve only seen The Maltese Falcon once. I’ve seen The Big Sleep a few times, including about a month ago, so I’m pretty sure that’s it.
Yes, that’s it.
Might be too obscure - Game Night.
She couldn’t play gin till I learned her. Now she beats my brains out.
“You - act like you’re loony!”
Similar quotes from two different movies:
“Look, we all go way back and uh, I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place and I’ll never forget it.”
“Ok, I’ll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.”
Oceans 11 (the newer one).
Yep. Elliott Gould was great in that scene.
Since it looks like no one will get it…
Broadcast News
Not a movie but a play
Don’t know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal — you sockdologizing old man-trap.
Our American Cousin?
“The salmon mousse!”
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.
It’s a Mister Grim. He’s here about the reaping.
That was quick! The last words Abe Lincoln heard.
Yeah, I thought that that might be too easy. On the other hand, there are so many great lines in that movie, I thought this one might be under the radar a bit.
It’s because of the term “sockdologizing”. I vaguely remembered hearing it in a movie about ol’ Abe.
Born Yesterday (?)
“Our women seem to have lagged behind in their evolution into reasonable creatures. They actually admire these reckless and brutal men.”
World Without End, aka Flight to the Future.