# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/81 "2004-09-22T13:44:54Z")
Can please someone answer the “Top of the world, mom”. I have seen this scene years and years ago and want to see the complete movie, but can’t for the life of me remember what movie it was? ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/82 "2004-09-22T13:44:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > “Top of the world, Ma! Top of the world!” I don’t know if anyone got this, but isn’t it Harold Lauder in The Stand? ---
**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 22, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/83 "2004-09-22T13:45:25Z")
> [@](#): > > “Message for you, Sir.” > > > [@Lemur866](#): > > > > That guy? In that movie? > > > > Lancelot’s assistant, that got shot with the arrow with the message tied to it, that the guy up in the tower shot, so he wouldn’t have to marry Princess Lucky and her vast…tracts of land. “I’m not quite dead yet, sir.” “Actually, I think I’m feeling better.” “All right, I’ll just… wait here…” To be fair, I think those were his actual last words. He didn’t die until they dropped the rabbit on him, does that count? New quote: “You may fire when ready.” ---
**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 22, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/84 "2004-09-22T13:50:23Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " KHAAAAAANNN!!! > [@Sublight](#): > > Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaa! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeh- Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/85 "2004-09-22T13:51:24Z")
> [@vinryk](#): > > Can please someone answer the “Top of the world, mom”. > I have seen this scene years and years ago and want to see the complete movie, but can’t for the life of me remember what movie it was? James Cagney… White Heat, if I remember correctly ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/86 "2004-09-22T13:51:26Z")
Oh, I didn’t give one. “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” Maybe not the exact last words, but my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/87 "2004-09-22T13:52:50Z")
Oh I almost forgot one of my favorites… “Choke on it… Choke on…” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/88 "2004-09-22T14:13:52Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb Yep. Well, right movie. The character’s Major Kong. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/89 "2004-09-22T14:30:53Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Not said on camera, but these last words can be inferred. > > “…Arch Stanton.” _The Bad_ in The Good, the bad and the ugly ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/90 "2004-09-22T14:34:17Z")
Thanks, **KingPengvin**. That does ring a bell, so it must be the right one. Now I probably need to buy it, since our video-rentalplace certainly won’t carry it. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/91 "2004-09-22T14:34:55Z")
Doh! Forgot mine “I’m just trying to build a house!” ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/92 "2004-09-22T14:36:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “You may fire when ready.” Grand Moff Tarkin in _Star Wars_ 'Tis the end of all of us! The miracle is over! (spoken some time before his death, but they are his last scripted words) I…I…I…I…am…still…emperor! All that I have and more…please! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/93 "2004-09-22T14:36:38Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > _The Bad_ in The Good, the bad and the ugly Right movie, wrong character. ---
**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 22, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/94 "2004-09-22T14:52:06Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > All that I have and more…please! The Six-Fingered Man, _The Princess Bride_ “Dogs aren’t dangerous!” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/95 "2004-09-22T14:55:34Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Doh! Forgot mine > > “I’m just trying to build a house!” If it’s the character I’m thinking of, his actual last words are “I’ll see you in hell, William Munny.” If it’s the character I’m thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/96 "2004-09-22T14:55:46Z")
> [@vinryk](#): > > Can please someone answer the “Top of the world, mom”. > I have seen this scene years and years ago and want to see the complete movie, but can’t for the life of me remember what movie it was? “Top of the world, ma” is James Cagney in _White Heat_. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/97 "2004-09-22T15:01:40Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Right movie, wrong character. Grrr > [@](#): > > by **Nonsuch** > If it’s the character I’m thinking of, his actual last words are “I’ll see you in hell, William Munny.” If it’s the character I’m thinking of. Wow I’m really playing a blinder today. _Leaves with his tail between his legs_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/98 "2004-09-22T15:05:42Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Dogs aren’t dangerous!” General Woundwort, _Watership Down_. “He is the chosen one. Train him.” ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/99 "2004-09-22T15:10:11Z")
Qui-Gon Jin from SW 1 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/100 "2004-09-22T15:29:17Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Qui-Gon Jin from SW 1 Correct, but you need to post a quote of your own now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=6)