# Getting in the last word-Final lines in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 26, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981 "2021-05-26T21:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/41 "2021-05-27T16:00:41Z")
Steve McQueen to Karl Malden in “Nevada Smith:” “You’re just not worth killing.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/42 "2021-05-27T16:03:38Z")
“[A polar bear fell on me.](https://youtu.be/u4zT0xgZSfA)” “[You just listen to the Pork-Chop Express and take his advice on a stormy night, when the lightning’s crashin’, the thunder’s roarin’, and the rain’s comin’ down in sheets thick as lead. Remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes and the poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right square in the eye and he says, ‘Gimme your best shot, pal. I can take it.’](https://youtu.be/i1p7s5eu90Y)” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/43 "2021-05-27T16:49:04Z")
_Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ Space: the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ ¡Fuego! _Young Frankenstein_ Oh, sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/44 "2021-05-27T17:05:23Z")
“[Welcome to the New World, sir.](https://clip.cafe/the-hunt-red-october-1990/and-the-sea-will-grant-man-new-hope/)” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/45 "2021-05-27T17:05:25Z")
George Hamilton, in _Once Upon a Crime_: “It’s what I do!” ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/46 "2021-05-27T17:18:39Z")
“Hang on a minute, lads. I’ve got a great idea.” - Charlie Croker (played by Michael Caine) in the Italian Job. ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/47 "2021-05-27T17:40:25Z")
**NITPICK:** Sled, not sleigh. ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/48 "2021-05-27T17:51:19Z")
“You can’t kill a squadron.” — _ **633 Squadron** _ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/49 "2021-05-27T17:57:03Z")
“There’s no place like home.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/50 "2021-05-27T18:57:52Z")
It’s actually “I’m never going to leave home again because I love you all!” which is a terrible last line in a movie about a fantastic adventure, if you ask me. Probably why many people prefer to think it is “There’s no place like home.” ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/51 "2021-05-27T19:12:01Z")
“You know it.” — _ **High Plains Drifter** _ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/52 "2021-05-27T19:40:28Z")
Maybe you’re thinking of the book. At 2:26… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RPs2Y4FdGzM/hqdefault.jpg "There's no place like home The Wizard Of Oz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPs2Y4FdGzM) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/53 "2021-05-27T19:40:48Z")
Man’s got to know his limitations. - **Magnum Force** ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/54 "2021-05-27T19:43:03Z")
I stand corrected! It is a MUCH better last line. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/55 "2021-05-27T20:04:16Z")
“Maybe we could have an advenchure.” – _Days of Heaven_ If screams count, the final line of _The Tenant._ ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/56 "2021-05-27T20:46:12Z")
“Hey, Blond! You know what you are? Just a dirty son-of-a-b------!” — _ **The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly** _ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/57 "2021-05-27T21:02:38Z")
[https://images.app.goo.gl/ChzfgWQKkEBFKzgP8](https://images.app.goo.gl/ChzfgWQKkEBFKzgP8) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/58 "2021-05-28T00:13:54Z")
Two for the Road, with Audrey Hepburn and George Segal. He: Bitch! She: Bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/59 "2021-05-28T01:32:34Z")
_Fat City_ (1972) Hey, stick around. Talk awhile. Ok. > [@Musicat](#): > > Two for the Road, with Audrey Hepburn and George Segal… Albert Finney. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981/60 "2021-05-28T01:34:36Z")
No…I’m pretty sure it was Audrey Hepburn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981.md?page=4)