The Criminal Code (1930)
Walter Huston: Mark Brady
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Quotes
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Mark Brady : [to Graham] Tough luck, Bob, but that's the way they break sometimes. You got to take them the way they fall.
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Mary Brady : What good is it to save a man if you destroy him while you're doing it?
Mark Brady : Yeah, I thought of that myself.
Mary Brady : Prison is full of men like that with broken minds and souls. What good is it to save a man for that when he'd be better off dead?
Mark Brady : Yes, I've thought of that too.
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Mark Brady : [as a pretty witness puts up her skirt to show her leg] Never mind that. Pull down the shade.
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Mark Brady : The criminal code is my bible.
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'Mac' McManus : [Noticing that the trustee barber shaving Brady is a former cutthroat] Say, you know who that barber is.
Mark Brady : Yeah, sure I do.
'Mac' McManus : You better lay off and grow a beard!
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State's Attorney : Now, there was a killing out here over a week ago. So far there's been no inquest. Th-the coroner's done his duty. He's been out here three times. We've sworn in a jury, packed them out here in a bus, and had to pack them back again. Each time you've asked for a postponement. You wouldn't let us see this fellow Graham, and you refused to testify yourself. All we know about the case is what comes out in the newspapers.
Mark Brady : Yeah, and that's not much.
State's Attorney : Not much? A man's dead and somebody's got to pay!
Mark Brady : An eye for an eye!
State's Attorney : That's the basis and foundation of our criminal code, Mr. Brady. That's the law.
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Mark Brady : [Referring to the State's Attorney after he's left the room] Fathead!
[He takes a cigar and after a pause]
Mark Brady : Fathead!
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Mark Brady : Seven witnesses, and they all check on material points.
Lew : Open and shut, eh?
Mark Brady : Like a knife!
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Mark Brady : An eye for an eye. That's the basis and foundation of the criminal code. Somebody's got to pay!