The Front Page (1974)
Walter Matthau: Walter Burns
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Walter Burns : That train that just left, what's the first stop?
Telegrapher : Gary, Indiana.
Walter Burns : All right. Send a message to the police chief at Gary, Indiana. Tell him to meet the midnight train to Philadelphia and arrest one Hildy Johnson.
Telegrapher : Hildy Johnson?
Walter Burns : Yeah. Son of a bitch stole my watch.
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Walter Burns : [after unsuccessfully posing as probation officer Otto Fishbein] Tell Hildy I wish him all the luck in the world, and I mean it, or my name isn't Otto Fishbein.
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Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : Goodbye, Duffy. Watch the diabetes. Walter, it's been fun.
Duffy : What's he mean by that?
Walter Burns : He's leaving us. Getting married.
Duffy : Yeah? That hostess at the Hotsy-Totsy Club?
Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : You're not even close. Why, this is a very classy dame. Philadephia. Studied to be a concert pianist.
Walter Burns : Where in the hell would you meet a concert pianist?
Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : Well, actually, she's a widow. Husband cracked up in a brand-new Packard. Only had 18 miles on it. So, to support herself, she's playing the organ at the Balaban & Katz Theater.
Walter Burns : The one in the Loop?
Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : Yeah. We've been dating three months.
Walter Burns : Jeez, Hildy. why didn't you tell me? Kid, I woulda thrown you a little farewell party...
Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : Oh, no, no, no! I know your farewell parties! When Ben Hecht was leaving for Hollywood, you slipped a micky in his gin fizz. It took four of us to get on the California Limited.
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Walter Burns : Get yer head back in there, you God Damned turtle!
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Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : I'm going straight. I'm quittin' this racket!
Walter Burns : You mean you're going to be writing crap like "I'd walk a mile for a camel", or "Quick, Henry, the Flit"?
Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson : You bet! For 150 bucks a week!
Walter Burns : Jesus, Hildy, you're a newspaper man! Not some faggot writing poetry about brassieres and laxatives.