# Most memorable dying words in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372 "2004-09-21T20:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/1 "2004-09-21T20:35:23Z")
Extra credit and bragging rights if you can identify the speaker of these dying words, to whom they were spoken, and the movie’s title. “Oh God, Ben.” * * * ## “Corn nuts.” Go ahead and add your own whether or not you recognize the above. I’ll post the answers later if nobody gets 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/2 "2004-09-21T21:05:15Z")
“Earn this.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/3 "2004-09-21T21:07:12Z")
“Corn nuts!” was from _Heathers_. For me, it was the way Chris Rock screamed “Daddy!” when he was gut shot in _Nurse Betty_. Been a couple years since I seen it, and it still gives me chills. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/4 "2004-09-21T21:07:17Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Extra credit and bragging rights if you can identify the speaker of these dying words, to whom they were spoken, and the movie’s title. > > * * * > > ## “Corn nuts.” > > Go ahead and add your own whether or not you recognize the above. I’ll post the answers later if nobody gets 'em. One of the Heathers in “Heathers” (the tall blonde one) after drinking the draino and smashing into a coffee table. I don’t really have one to add. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/5 "2004-09-21T21:11:07Z")
“Ahh, shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/6 "2004-09-21T21:40:52Z")
“Rosebud.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/7 "2004-09-21T21:42:10Z")
“At least… I got… Terre Haute…” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/8 "2004-09-21T21:46:21Z")
“Oh God, Ben” are Laurence Harvey’s last words in the original **Manchurian Candidate**. My favorite: “Rollo Tomassi.” ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/9 "2004-09-21T21:50:32Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Extra credit and bragging rights if you can identify the speaker of these dying words, to whom they were spoken, and the movie’s title. > > “Oh God, Ben.” Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, The Manchurian Candidate ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/10 "2004-09-21T21:54:16Z")
_shakes fist at Dooku_ > [@](#): > > My favorite: “Rollo Tomassi.” Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, L.A. Confidential ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/11 "2004-09-21T22:32:20Z")
“How did he do all those great stunts with such small feet?” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/12 "2004-09-21T22:38:11Z")
“Mother of Mercy . . . Is this the end of Rico?” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/13 "2004-09-21T22:46:22Z")
**kaylasdad99** - Hedy (That’s Hedley!) Lamarr in _Blazing Saddles_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/14 "2004-09-21T22:49:38Z")
“Top of the world, Ma! Top of the world!” ---
**Author:** ![ElectricZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ElectricZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectricZ)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/15 "2004-09-21T22:57:16Z")
“Don’t do it until you’re sure I’m coming back. I’m gonna try not to… I’m gonna try not to come back.” * * * “I doubt they’ll kick up too much of a fuss. Not for an old con like me.” * * * “You always were an asshole, Gorman!” * * * “I’m praying to you! Look to your heart!” * * * “Gespacho soup!” * * * Casey1505’s was Captain Miller to Private Ryan in _Saving Private Ryan._ EZ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/16 "2004-09-21T23:07:11Z")
Another James Cagney quote (from _Angels With Dirty Faces_): “No . . . please don’t . . . don’t make me burn in Hell . . .” ZAP Astonished guard: “That yella rat was gonna spit in my eye!” ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/17 "2004-09-21T23:17:42Z")
“I would have followed you, my brother…my captain…my King.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/18 "2004-09-21T23:20:03Z")
“Say 'ello to my leetle friend!!” (maybe not the last actual words, but certainly in the last paragraph) “I would have like to have seen…Montana…” “Don’t you want to hear my last words?” “I just did” _KA-BLAMMO!!_ “You always were an asshole, Gorman!” Vasquez to Gorman - Aliens ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/19 "2004-09-21T23:24:07Z")
“I…feel…cold…” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/20 "2004-09-21T23:25:16Z")
I think his last words were, “You fuckin’ with Tony Montana, you fuckin’ with the best, man!” Then the assassin who crept in quietly while all the gunplay was going on shoots him in the back with a shotgun. Best, eh? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=2)