Bachelor Mother (1939)

Charles Coburn: J. B. Merlin

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Quotes 

• Freddie : [to J.B]  Mr. Merlin, I'll tell you that I know what I'm talkin' about. Your son put me up to this and he's the father!

  David Merlin : Dad, this is the truth; he's the father.

  [points to Jerome] 

  Jerome Weiss : I'm not the father.

  J.B. Merlin : I don't care who the father is, I'm the grandfather!

• David Merlin : You're so interested in politics, I think you ought to investigate the police force in Scarsdale.

  J.B. Merlin : Why?

  David Merlin : Well, any motorcycle cop who can afford to turn down a hundred dollar bribe, must be in some crooked racket. Don't you think?

• Polly : Is there something I can do?

  J.B. Merlin : [holding the baby]  You've done it.

• J.B. Merlin : Madame, I want the truth out of you. You're concealing that girl's whereabouts.

  Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady : Whereabouts? What is a whereabouts?

• J.B. Merlin : Did you sleep in jail?

  David Merlin : No! No, I didn't sleep at all. I had to wait for the court to open.

• J.B. Merlin : David, you can't keep up at the pace you're going. You'll crack up. Out every night with women and things.

  David Merlin : And things?

  J.B. Merlin : Well, you know what I mean.

• J.B. Merlin : If I saw that baby on a desert island by itself, I'd know it was my grandson. Why, he looks exactly like me!

• J.B. Merlin : I'm not through with you, young man. I'm going to prosecute you. I don't know what for, but I'm going to prosecute you for something!