They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

Spencer Tracy: Fred P. Willis

Quotes 

• Fred P. Willis : Jimmy, how did you ever get in this racket?

  James 'Jimmy' Davis : [Cynical]  What did you want me to be, a fifteen buck a week bookkeep?

  Fred P. Willis : Well, this is sure a clean way of making a living.

  James 'Jimmy' Davis : [laughs]  You're forgetting they got medals for us in 1918.

  Fred P. Willis : Yeah, and a kiss from a French general but this isn't the same.

  James 'Jimmy' Davis : Yeah, that's a fact. Some of those German boys I wiped out were good guys. Around here, they're nothing but a bunch of hopped up monkeys.

• Fred P. Willis : Don't you know us guys has gotta make the world safe for the Democrats? Now, personally, my only regret is that I got a life to lay down for my country. But will us dead have died in vain? Be yourself! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Maine! Fifty-four Forty or fight! Don't give up the ship until you see the whites of their eyes! Are we gonna stand for taxation without the pursuit of happiness? E pluribus unum! Hats off! Lafayette, we are here!

  [whistles] 

• Fred P. Willis : [to Jimmy]  I just wanted to shake hands with the only guy here who looks as bad as I feel.